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{{Short description|American football player and coach (born 1974)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox NFL player
| name = Cory Sauter
| currentteam = 
| number = 
| position = 
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1974|11|21}}
| birth_place = [[Hutchinson, Minnesota]], U.S.
| death_date = 
| death_place = 
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 4
| weight_lbs = 215
| high_school = [[Hutchinson High School (Minnesota)|Hutchinson]]<br>(Hutchinson, Minnesota)
| college = [[Minnesota Golden Gophers football|Minnesota]]
| undraftedyear = 1998
| pastteams = 
* [[Arizona Cardinals]] ({{NFL Year|1998}})*
* [[Detroit Lions]] ({{NFL Year|1999|2000}})
* [[Barcelona Dragons (NFL Europe)|Barcelona Dragons]] (2000)
* [[Indianapolis Colts]] ({{NFL Year|2001|2002}})
* [[Chicago Bears]] ({{NFL Year|2002}})
* Indianapolis Colts ({{NFL Year|2003}})
| pastcoaching        =
* [[Hamburg Sea Devils (NFL Europe)|Hamburg Sea Devils]] (2006)<br />Quarterbacks coach
* [[Minnesota Golden Gophers football|Minnesota]] (2006)<br />Graduate assistant
* [[Berlin Thunder]] (2007)<br />Quarterbacks coach
* [[Southwest Minnesota State Mustangs football|Southwest Minnesota State]] (2008)<br />Quarterbacks coach
* Southwest Minnesota State (2009)<br />Offensive coordinator-Quarterbacks coach
* Southwest Minnesota State (2010–2021)<br />Head coach
| highlights=
| overall_record = 45–77
}}
'''Cory Justin Sauter''' (born November 21, 1974) is an [[American football]] coach and former player. He served as the head football coach at [[Southwest Minnesota State University]] from 2010 to 2021. Sauter played [[college football]] as a [[quarterback]] at the [[University of Minnesota]] and professionally in the [[National Football League]] (NFL) and [[NFL Europe]].

==Playing career==
Sauter played [[college football]] at the [[University of Minnesota]] from 1994 to 1997.  Sauter finished his career as a four-time Academic All-Big Ten award winner and two-time GTE Academic All-America District V selection. He was a three-year letter winner and started the final 34 games of his collegiate career and played in the Blue-Gray All-Star Football Classic following his senior season. He still holds the all-time career school records with 539 pass completions, 945 pass attempts and 6,834 passing yards. His 40 career touchdown passes and .570 completion percentage also rank second all-time.

Sauter was signed as an [[undrafted free agent]] by the [[Arizona Cardinals]] in 1998.  He spent the season on the [[practice squad]]. The 1999 and 2000 seasons were spent with the [[Detroit Lions]] as a back-up quarterback. He also spent the spring of 2000 with the [[Barcelona Dragons (NFL Europe)|Barcelona Dragons]] in [[NFL Europa|NFL Europe]]. In 2001, he was with the [[Indianapolis Colts]]. He split the 2002 season with the Indianapolis Colts and with the [[Chicago Bears]]. He played one game for the [[Chicago Bears]] where he went 6-9 for 59 yards. He was back with the Colts for the 2003 season.

==Coaching career==

===Assistant coaching===
Sauter began his coaching career as the [[quarterbacks coach]] for the [[Hamburg Sea Devils (NFL Europe)|Hamburg Sea Devils]] of [[NFL Europe]] in 2006. In the fall he served as a graduate assistant coach at his [[alma mater]], the [[University of Minnesota]]. He returned to [[NFL Europe]] in 2007 where he was the quarterbacks coach for the [[Berlin Thunder]].

===Southwest Minnesota State===
On July 7, 2008, it was announced that Sauter was hired as quarterbacks coach and passing game coordinator at [[Southwest Minnesota State University]], an [[NCAA Division II]] football program in [[Marshall, Minnesota]]. His coaching responsibilities began on July 1. He was promoted to the position of offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach in 2009.  In February 2010, Sauter was promoted once again, to interim head coach of the Mustangs after former coach Eric Eidsness decided to leave the team to join Division I South Dakota State University as their quarterbacks coach and passing game coordinator of the Jackrabbits.

On March 29, 2010, the interim tag was removed from Sauter's title and he was officially named the Mustangs head football coach.

==Personal life==
Sauter lives in [[Phoenix, AZ]], with his wife Amy and their daughters Berlin and Estella.  Sauter is a 1997 [[University of Minnesota]] graduate with a degree in kinesiology. He earned his Master’s in sports management from the University of Minnesota in 2003.

==Head coaching record==
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name      = [[Southwest Minnesota State Mustangs football|Southwest Minnesota State Mustangs]]
 | conf      = [[Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference]]
 | startyear = 2010
 | endyear   = 
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[2010 NCAA Division II football season|2010]]
 | name         = Southwest Minnesota State
 | overall      = 4–7
 | conference   = 3–7 / 1–5
 | confstanding = 10th / T–6th <small>(South)</small>
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[2011 NCAA Division II football season|2011]]
 | name         = Southwest Minnesota State
 | overall      = 3–8
 | conference   = 3–7 / 1–5
 | confstanding = 11th / 6th <small>(South)</small>
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[2012 NCAA Division II football season|2012]]
 | name         = Southwest Minnesota State
 | overall      = 4–7
 | conference   = 4–7 / 3–4
 | confstanding = T–10th / T–4th <small>(South)</small>
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[2013 NCAA Division II football season|2013]]
 | name         = Southwest Minnesota State
 | overall      = 7–5
 | conference   = 7–4 / 5–2
 | confstanding = 4th / 2nd <small>(South)</small>
 | bowlname     = [[Mineral Water Bowl|Mineral Water]]
 | bowloutcome  = L
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[2014 NCAA Division II football season|2014]]
 | name         = Southwest Minnesota State
 | overall      = 3–8
 | conference   = 3–8 / 2–5
 | confstanding = T–13th / T–6th <small>(South)</small>
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[2015 NCAA Division II football season|2015]]
 | name         = Southwest Minnesota State
 | overall      = 8–3
 | conference   = 8–3 / 4–3
 | confstanding = T–4th / 4th <small>(South)</small>
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[2016 NCAA Division II football season|2016]]
 | name         = Southwest Minnesota State
 | overall      = 5–6
 | conference   = 5–6 / 2–5
 | confstanding = T–9th / T–5th <small>(South)</small>
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[2017 NCAA Division II football season|2017]]
 | name         = Southwest Minnesota State
 | overall      = 2–9
 | conference   = 2–9 / 0–7
 | confstanding = T–13th / 8th <small>(South)</small>
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[2018 NCAA Division II football season|2018]]
 | name         = Southwest Minnesota State
 | overall      = 4–7
 | conference   = 4–7 / 1–6
 | confstanding = T–10th / T–7th <small>(South)</small>
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[2019 NCAA Division II football season|2019]]
 | name         = Southwest Minnesota State
 | overall      = 3–8
 | conference   = 3–8 / 1–6
 | confstanding = T–12th / 7th <small>(South)</small>
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[2020–21 NCAA Division II football season|2020–21]]
 | name         = No team—[[Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on gridiron football|COVID-19]]
 | overall      = 
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[2021 NCAA Division II football season|2021]]
 | name         = Southwest Minnesota State
 | overall      = 2–9
 | conference   = 2–9 / 1–5
 | confstanding = T–11th / T–6th <small>(South)</small>
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = Southwest Minnesota State
 | overall    = 45–77
 | confrecord = 44–75
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
 | overall  = 45–77
 | bowls    = no
 | poll     = no
 | polltype = 
 | legend   = no
}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://smsumustangs.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/cory-sauter/1988 Southwest Minnesota State profile]

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