{"id":1761557,"date":"2022-12-03T23:32:59","date_gmt":"2022-12-04T04:32:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1761557"},"modified":"2022-12-03T23:33:05","modified_gmt":"2022-12-04T04:33:05","slug":"breaking-football-legend-prime-time-deion-sanders-accepts-coaching-job-at-major-division-i-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-football-legend-prime-time-deion-sanders-accepts-coaching-job-at-major-division-i-school\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Football Legend \u2018Prime Time\u2019 Deion Sanders Accepts Coaching Job At Major Division I School"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbreaking-football-legend-prime-time-deion-sanders-accepts-coaching-job-at-major-division-i-school%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1761557&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Deion Sanders, known as \u201cPrime Time\u201d for his legendary football career, accepted an offer from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/college-football\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">University of Colorado<\/a> Saturday night to become the school\u2019s next head football coach.<\/p>\n<p>Sanders accepted the offer after the team that he currently coaches, Jackson State University, won the Southwestern Athletic Conference championship title game Saturday afternoon against Southern, 43-24.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere 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,\u201d said Rick George, Athletic Director at the University of Colorado. \u201cNot only will Coach Prime energize our fanbase, I\u2019m confident that he will lead our program back to national prominence while leading a team of high quality and high character.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Colorado hired Sanders after the team fired former Head Coach Karl Dorrell during the middle of the season after the team was barely competitive on the field.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">AD Rick George has named COACH PRIME <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DeionSanders?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DeionSanders<\/a> to be the 28th full-time head football coach at CU. <\/p>\n<p>Welcome Coach Prime to Colorado!<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcdd <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/otRTjyivpr\">https:\/\/t.co\/otRTjyivpr<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/q63LyoWqSX\">pic.twitter.com\/q63LyoWqSX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Colorado Buffaloes Football (@CUBuffsFootball) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CUBuffsFootball\/status\/1599243035518197760?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 4, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>This is a breaking news story; refresh the page for updates.<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deion Sanders, known as \u201cPrime Time\u201d for his legendary football career, accepted an offer from the University of Colorado Saturday night to become the school\u2019s next head football coach. 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