Upon the departure of Kurt Budke after seven incredible seasons at the helm of the Lady Card basketball program, the line of coaches interested in following him was short – very short.

Landers was at the front of the line. The rest is history.

By the time he left after 11 years over two tenures, he was the all-time winningest coach in program history with a 335-39 record. Included among that mark were two national championships (2004 and 2012), both of which capped undefeated 36-0 seasons.

In Landers’ tenure, the Lady Cards won 10 conference championships, seven regional championships and were 20-7 in national tournament games in seven appearances.

Landers, who also served as athletic director in 2006-09, was twice named JUCO Coach of the Year – 2004 at the college and 2010 at Baton Rouge Community College, where he started the women’s basketball program and went 22-6 and won a conference title.

After leaving Baton Rouge after one season, he returned to lead the Lady Cards as co-head coach with wife, Kenya, for two seasons. The Lady Cards reached the national title game both years.

While at the college, he oversaw the creation of the Cardinal Hall of Fame in 2008.

He currently is the athletic director/head men’s basketball coach at Navarro College and is the owner of 508 career coaching wins, including a 75-16 mark at East Texas Baptist University, where he went to two NJCAA Division II title games in three years.