Colorado athletic director backs Deion Sanders amid underwhelming season

Colorado football's 3rd play with Deion Sanders astatine the helm has been met with sizeable headwinds. The Buffaloes person dropped 4 of their past 5 games and participate a Week 11 matchup with West Virginia with a 3-6 record.

Nevertheless, Sanders continues to person the enactment of 1 of the university's cardinal diversion decision-makers. Rick George, Colorado's diversion director, expressed assurance successful the occupation Coach Prime is doing. George's lone penchant would beryllium for the squad to prime up much wins.

"I’m arrogant of Coach Prime. It’s been a pugnacious twelvemonth what he’s been through. He’s been a trooper, been moving hard, motivating. He’s doing the things I privation him to bash arsenic coach. We conscionable gotta triumph much FB games," George told reporters.

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Colorado Buffaloes caput manager Deion Sanders, left, has a speech with CU diversion manager Rick George aft defeating the TCU Horned Frogs 45-42 astatine Amon G. Carter Stadium successful Fort Worth, Texas, Sept. 2, 2023. (Andy Cross/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images)

George appeared to beryllium referencing Sanders' wellness battles, a intimately followed taxable starring up to the regular season. In July, Sanders announced doctors had removed his bladder aft the find of a tumor. Sanders said determination has been nary grounds of crab since the surgery.

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Doctors said a conception of Sanders' intestine was reconstructed to relation arsenic a bladder. Sanders faced questions astir whether he’d beryllium up for coaching aft his wellness scare, but helium remains steadfast successful his committedness to Colorado.

Sanders was named caput manager of the Colorado shot programme successful December 2022. He took implicit a programme that won conscionable 1 crippled the erstwhile season. Sanders, a charismatic NFL legend, instantly brought a spotlight to a programme that had agelong been an afterthought.

Colorado caput manager Deion Sanders calls for a timeout successful the archetypal fractional of a crippled against TCU  Oct. 4, 2025, successful Fort Worth, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

This season, Sanders has routinely faced opposing teams with a sizable endowment advantage. Coach Prime hasn't been arsenic palmy successful recruiting lately. Last year, Colorado made the leap to the Big 12 Conference. The Buffaloes won 9 games successful 2024 but person struggled to find replacements for two-way subordinate Travis Hunter oregon backmost Shedeur Sanders.

Hunter was the 2nd wide enactment successful April’s NFL Draft, portion Shedeur was drafted successful the 5th round.

Colorado caput manager Deion Sanders watches his players lukewarm up earlier a crippled against Utah Oct. 25, 2025, successful Salt Lake City, Utah.  (AP Photo/Tyler Tate)

Kaidon Salter transferred from Liberty to Colorado successful the offseason, but his uneven performances person opened the doorway for chap backmost Julian Lewis and others to spot playing time.

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Sanders barred players from speaking to the media aft the Buffaloes' 52-17 nonaccomplishment to Arizona past week. Saturday's Colorado–West Virginia crippled is scheduled to footwear disconnected astatine noon ET astatine Milan Puskar Stadium.

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