I’m excited to announce that we have hired Deion “Coach Prime” Sanders as the 28th full-time head football coach at the University of Colorado.

Coach Prime is a nationally prominent figure who will provide an unprecedented lift to our football program and our university and will instantly make the Colorado Buffaloes a force to be reckoned with on the national stage.

Coach comes to CU Boulder after an incredibly successful three years as head coach at Jackson State, where he went 27-5, won back-to-back Southwestern Athletic Conference titles earning him back-to-back SWAC Coach of the Year honors, and in 2021 he won the Eddie Robinson Award as the season’s Football Championship Subdivision coach of the year. He is also a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame after a 14-year career in the NFL, the College Football Hall of Fame, and spent nine years playing Major League Baseball.

Beyond those impressive accomplishments, Coach is a charismatic motivator whose passion and enthusiasm for his student-athletes will make him a great fit for CU Boulder.

We will officially introduce Coach at a press conference on Sunday, December 4 at 1:30 p.m. You can watch the press conference live on CUBuffs.com or via social media.

I greatly appreciate your continued support of Colorado Athletics and hope you will join me in welcoming Coach Prime to the CU family. Go Buffs!

Sincerely,


Rick George
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...or very close to it.

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hard to handle such things with grace but he did quite well. Goddamn I’m fired up.

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2024 California receiver Daijon Calimon has committed to Colorado today becoming the first pledge in the class for the Buffs. Calimon holds offers from Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado State and Nevada. He plays on both sides of the ball, but he shows more promise on offense as a receiver. He has good size and could play either outside or inside depending on what the offense looks like moving forward. This is another Armond Hawkins win as he is a big part of why Calimon committed today. I do think this also has a lot to do with the Deion Sanders rumors and don't think he will be the last recruit who tries to jump on board before the arrival of CU's next head coach.

He's a solid player and someone I'd expect to see more offers come his way by the time the spring arrives. He visited CU back in the spring, and since that time the Buffs have been a big part of his recruitment.

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According to Davis, "the presser was canceled for an off-campus team meeting."

At this point, this is either a done deal or we are getting punked.

Suddenly I’m a little curious to watch Jackson State live 👀

Coach Prime paired with Armand Hawkins to recruit the west coast could be very good for CU.

Lots of players are starting to put it out there that they are transferring. This dude would be a grade A get for CU...

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I am rooting hard for USC and think it will be them. They have improved since the last time these two met. I never count Utah out of big games though. KW is one heck of a coach and has more than once brought a far less talented team into a big game and won.

Ok where I sit it should be

UGA
UM
TCU
OSU

Guessing the committee has a hard time keeping Bama out though and somehow TCU gets hosed. God I hope not.

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First my inside info left CU 3 years ago, as little as it was.
But last night I found out CU I preparing for Dion to be here Sunday!
From what I heard it isn't "signed" but CU is expecting him here Sunday.

Who else is gonna watch this game that wouldn't normally ??
I definitely am!

Rhule from Nebraska vs Prime from Colorado

I hope this is true...

I’m sure someone is tracking this, but what is our scholly count for transfers up to? That would include recent transfer portal additions by subtraction?

Given the timeline of Colorado's search right now, I'm guessing this will be the last one of these we'll have, but we've got another coaching candidate profile up today: Ryan Walters, former Buff and current Illinois defensive coordinator

I know he's more of a fall-back option and some folks have very strong opinions about him potentially being hired, but given his background and coaching success, he's absolutely worth a long, hard look

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A spelling error of course, *Penry

I just watched the fourth quarter of the Utah USC game and I guess I had forgotten what great coaching and players look like. Oh well, maybe at some future date we will see it in black and gold in Folsom field again.

Stands to reason given his massive offer sheet.

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BZ: FB - No deal yet, but hype growing around Deion Sanders leading CU Buffs

BZ: XC - Former CU Buffs cross country standouts coming to defense of coach Mark Wetmore

BZ: XC - Statement from former Colorado cross country All-American Tabor Scholl

BZ: MBB - Search for answers continues as inconsistent Colorado men’s basketball heads to UW

BZ: FB - CU Buffs football season review: Defense

BZ: FB - CU Buffs receiver Chase Penry to enter transfer portal

BZ: Chat replay: Pat Rooney discusses CU Buffs athletics (Dec. 2, 2022)

BZ: CU Buffs fan launches NIL collective

BZ: FB - CU Coaching Search / Couching Carousel - Report: CU offering Deion Sanders $5 million/year (plus incentives)

DP: FB - Keeler: Will Deion Sanders make CU’s weekend? Or break Buffs hearts?

SI: FB - Deion Sanders Wants ‘Major Say’ in USF Stadium Construction If Hired, per Report

Jon Wilner: FB - Hotline mailbag: The future (and present) of the Rose Bowl, CFP rankings, Deion and Colorado, the outlook for Cal and Stanford

Buffs Wire: Per CBS Sports analyst Su'a Cravens, Deion Sanders to Colorado 'a done deal'

Cheers!