{"id":1762120,"date":"2022-12-04T06:30:18","date_gmt":"2022-12-04T11:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1762120"},"modified":"2022-12-04T09:34:38","modified_gmt":"2022-12-04T14:34:38","slug":"deion-sanders-leaving-jackson-state-to-take-head-coach-job-at-university-of-colorado","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/deion-sanders-leaving-jackson-state-to-take-head-coach-job-at-university-of-colorado\/","title":{"rendered":"Deion Sanders Leaving Jackson State to Take Head Coach Job at University of Colorado"},"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\">28<\/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%2Fdeion-sanders-leaving-jackson-state-to-take-head-coach-job-at-university-of-colorado%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=1762120&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>Pro and College Football Hall of Famer Deion Sanders will reportedly leave his current position as the head coach at Jackson State for the University of Colorado. <\/p>\n<p>Sanders was <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/11\/26\/colorado-offers-deion-sanders-head-coaching-job\/\">reportedly offered the Colorado job last week<\/a>, and according to a new ESPN report on Friday, he\u2019s been planning his exit and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/college-football\/story\/_\/id\/35168153\/sources-deion-sanders-preparing-accept-colorado-coaching-job\">recruiting players to his soon-to-be new stop<\/a> in recent days. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/GettyImages-1445572698.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/GettyImages-1445572698.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24882191\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Deion Sanders led Jackson State to an undefeated 11-0 during the 2022 regular season.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>According to ESPN, there\u2019s an internal belief at Colorado that he will arrive on campus over the weekend, though the current regime has yet to be formally informed. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re not doing a great job of hiding this,\u201d a staff source told ESPN. \u201cIf he backs out of this deal, it would be a huge problem for Colorado.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sanders is currently 16-5 and in his third season at Jackson State, who is 11-0 in 2022. On Saturday at 4 p.m. Eastern, the Tigers will face the 7-4 Southern Jaguars in the SWAC Championship. In 2021, Sanders helped lead the program to their first Black College National Championship since 1996, and their fourth ever. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/GettyImages-1171244553-e1670043523218.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"710\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/GettyImages-1171244553-e1670043523218-3.jpg\" alt=\"The University of Colorado football team finished dead last in the Pac 12 this season with a 1-11 record.\" class=\"wp-image-24882221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/GettyImages-1171244553-e1670043523218.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/GettyImages-1171244553-e1670043523218.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/GettyImages-1171244553-e1670043523218.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>The University of Colorado football team finished tied for last in the Pac-12 this season with a 1-8 conference record.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Denver Post via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It also marked Sanders\u2019 first conference title with the program. <\/p>\n<p>Colorado finished its 2022 campaign a morbid 1-11, firing former head coach Karl Dorrell after their first five games, and had since been led by Mike Sanford Jr. in the interim. <\/p>\n<p>Colorado has struggled to maintain competitive play since moving from the Big 12 to the Pac 12 before the 2011 season. Since then, they\u2019ve appeared in two bowl games and have had one season of over five victories, which was back in 2016 under current FIU head coach Mike MacIntyre. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pro and College Football Hall of Famer Deion Sanders will reportedly leave his current position as the head coach at Jackson State for the University of Colorado. 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