Coach Prime pronounces he’s taking the Colorado job

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Deion “Coach Prime” Sanders has introduced he’s leaving Jackson State to be the following head coach of Colorado.

Sanders has coached three seasons at JSU profitable the SWAC Championship within the final two years.

Rumors have swirled for weeks about if Sanders would go away Jackson.

The information grew to become official when Sanders introduced the transfer on his Instagram.

The Tigers beat Southern on Saturday to win the SWAC and transfer onto the Celebration Bowl on Dec. seventeenth.

The Tigers beat Southern within the SWAC championship sport Saturday in Jackson, Mississippi, and some hours later Colorado introduced he was coming to Boudler.

The Tigers went 27-5 within the Sanders period and he was named SWAC coach of the 12 months the final two seasons.

Colorado will show a problem for the magnetic Sanders, who inherits a program coming off a 1-11 season. However he brings immediate title recognition and a monitor file of having the ability to recruit top-level expertise.

The Buffaloes have turned in only one full-length profitable season since becoming a member of the Pac-12 in 2011. They dismissed Karl Dorrell in October and interim coach Mike Sanford completed out the season that culminated with a 63-21 blowout loss to No. 12 Utah at residence.

Colorado is a great distance from its glory days underneath Corridor of Fame coach Invoice McCartney, who led the Buffaloes to a nationwide championship following the 1990 season.

JSU Vice President and Athletic Director Ashley Robinson launched the next letter on social media about Sanders’ time on the college.

The Related Press contributed to this report.