Colorado names Sanders coach
Deion Sanders is taking over as head coach at Colorado, bringing his charisma and larger-than-life persona to a beleaguered Pac-12 program that's plunged to the bottom of college football.
The deal was announced Saturday night by CU athletic director Rick George.
The Pro Football Hall of Famer has been at Jackson State, a historically Black college that plays in the NCAA'S second tier of Division I, since 2020. Sanders has guided the Tigers to consecutive Southwestern Athletic Conference titles.
The Tigers beat Southern in the SWAC championship game Saturday in Jackson, Mississippi, and a few hours later Colorado announced he was coming to Boulder.
Sanders told his team after the game he had accepted another job, but intended to coach Jackson State (12-0) in the Celebration Bowl on Dec. 17 in Atlanta against Mid-eastern Athletic Conference champion North Carolina Central.
“In coaching you either get elevated or you get terminated,” Sanders told his team. “There ain't no graveyard for coaches where they die at the place. They either going to run you off or you going to walk off.”
The Tigers went 27-5 in the Sanders era and he was named SWAC coach of the year the last two seasons.
Deion Sanders was an All-american at Florida State before a standout NFL career with five teams, including the San Francisco 49ers and Dallas Cowboys, where he won a Super Bowl with each. He also played nine MLB seasons and reached the World Series with the Atlanta Braves in 1992.
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