James Sanders (American basketball player)

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James "Twiggy" Sanders was born in Raleigh, North Carolina. He played basketball at Ligon High School where he earned All-Conference, All-State and All-American honors.

Sanders went on to star at Johnson C. Smith University. He was voted to the CIAA All-Tournament team in 1973 and 1974. He received his B.S. in Physical Education in 1974.

Sanders later gained fame when in 1974 he joined the as a member of the Harlem Globetrotters in which he played for 17 years. He retired from the team in 1991.

Since then he had become a head basketball coach at Bonner Academy in Raleigh and also was head coach for two years with the Raleigh Cougars of the United States Basketball League (USBL). He was also an assistant coach for two years at the Morris Brown College.

In 2004 Sanders became the first head coach of the American Basketball Association expansion team the Maryland Nighthawks.

Twiggy has two sons, Monty and Jackson. Monty is currently a senior on the Elon University men's basketball team.

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