Coach Prime is officially heading to Boulder, Colorado.
Coach Prime is officially heading to Boulder, Colorado.
Football legend Deion Sanders has been named the new University of Colorado football head coach, the school announced Saturday.
Sanders will be leaving Jackson State University, where he coached the Tigers for the past three seasons, compiling a record of 26-5 – including going undefeated this season. The Tigers won the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) championship earlier Saturday, defeating Southern University 43-24.
“There were a number of highly qualified and impressive candidates interested in becoming the next head football coach at Colorado, but none of them had the pedigree, the knowledge and the ability to connect with student-athletes like Deion Sanders,” Colorado athletic director Rick George said in a statement.
