Jackson State coach Deion Sanders watches players preparing for the Southwestern Athletic Conference championship NCAA college football game against Southern, Saturday, Dec. 3, 2022, in Jackson, Miss. Sanders is taking over as 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. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
At Colorado, Deion Sanders will take over as head coach.
Boulder, Colorado — With Deion Sanders taking over as head coach at Colorado, a struggling Pac-12 program that has fallen to the bottom of college football, the team will benefit from his charisma and larger-than-life persona.
The agreement was made public on Saturday night by Rick George, the athletic director at CU.
Since 2020, the Pro Football Hall of Famer has taught at Jackson State, a historically Black university that competes in Division I’s second division of the NCAA. The Tigers have won the Southwestern Athletic Conference championship in a row under Sanders’ direction.
Following the Tigers’ victory over Southern in the SWAC championship game on Saturday in Jackson, Mississippi, Colorado announced that he would be visiting Boulder a few hours later.
Sanders told his team after the game he had accepted another job, but intended to coach Jackson State (12-0) in the Celebration Bowl for historically Black colleges on Dec. 17 in Atlanta against Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference champion North Carolina Central.
