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The Colorado Buffaloes football team is set to conclude its seventh losing season in the last 10 years and its 19th season since 2000.
Yet with Colorado sitting at 3-7, Deion Sanders told reporters Tuesday that he’s still the man for the job.
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Colorado Buffaloes head coach Deion Sanders during the first quarter against the Iowa State Cyclones at Folsom Field on October 11, 2025. (Ron Chenoy/Imagn Images)
“You have the right person,” Sanders said via ESPN. “I promise you, you will. And I’ll prove it to you. Just give me an opportunity and a little more time, and I’ll prove it to you.”
Sanders’ future as head coach has been called into question due to at least two things: his health and the departure of a key ally.
The 58-year-old Pro Football Hall of Famer revealed this summer that he underwent surgery for bladder cancer and had his bladder removed. The operation took place a few years after he had already had two toes removed due to blood clots.
Colorado Buffaloes head coach Deion Sanders on the sidelines during the first half against the TCU Horned Frogs at Amon G. Carter Stadium on October 4, 2025. (Raymond Carlin III/Imagn Images)
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Additionally, Colorado athletic director Rick George announced last week that he would resign at the end of the academic year. George hired Sanders from Jackson State, which created a whirlwind situation in Boulder, and signed him to a five-year extension.
Sanders was 4-8 in his first year and 9-4 in 2024 when Travis Hunter won the Heisman Trophy.
George reiterated in a social media post that Sanders was in no way in the hot seat.
“The seat is not hot. We believe in what lies ahead for this program,” he wrote on X.
Deion Sanders, left, talks with athletic director Rick George after Sanders was introduced as the new head football coach at the University of Colorado during a news conference Sunday, Dec. 4, 2022, in Boulder, Colorado. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, file)
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Colorado has two games left this season. They will host No. 25 Arizona State in Colorado on Saturday. The Buffaloes’ season will end on the road against Kansas State.
