Current:Home > StocksDeion Sanders on who’s the best coach in the Power Five. His answer won’t surprise you. -Elevate Capital Network
Deion Sanders on who’s the best coach in the Power Five. His answer won’t surprise you.
View
Date:2025-04-13 18:50:25
“60 Minutes” on CBS has been broadcasting interviews with newsmakers for 55 years, including U.S. presidents and A-list actors. It doesn’t usually profile the same person two times in 11 months. But it did Sunday, when it broadcast another segment on Deion Sanders, just 11 months after profiling him last October as head football coach at Jackson State in Mississippi.
The setting this time was the University of Colorado Boulder, where Sanders has coached the football team to a 3-0 start one year after the team finished 1-11.
The show covered his transition there and also posed a question to the Pro Football Hall of Famer:
“Who's the best coach in college football today?” asked “60 Minutes” journalist Jon Wertheim.
“Let me see,” Sanders replied. “Let me see a mirror so I can look at it.”
“You feel that?” Wertheim said.
“What, you think I'm gonna sit up here and tell you somebody else?” Sanders replied. “You think, you think that's the way I operate? That somebody else got that on me?”
Sanders then pivoted and mentioned Alabama head coach Nick Saban, his costar on Aflac insurance commercials and the winner of seven national championships, the most in college football history.
“I love and I adore and I respect and every time I do a commercial with coach Saban,” Sanders said. “It's a gift. Just sitting in his presence and hearing him and - and throwing something else out there so I can hear his viewpoint on it. Because he's forgotten more things than I may ever accomplish. So I'm a student looking up to this wonderful teacher saying, 'Just - just - just throw me a crumb of what you know.'"
COLLEGE FOOTBALL GRADES: Colorado State coach a clown all around
Sanders, 56, told “60 Minutes” last year that he was “not one bit” interested in coaching in the NFL one day. In Sunday's new episode, he elaborated on what made him interested in moving from Jackson State to Colorado last December despite the team’s lack of success over the past 20 years.
“God wouldn't relocate me to something that was successful,” he said. “That don't make sense, do it? He had to find the most disappointing and the most difficult task. And this is what it was. And this is what it is. And I love that.”
He also talked about his roster-building process, which includes bringing in 68 scholarship newcomers out of a roster limit of 85 scholarships. His fame and history set him off from competitors.
"My kids that play for me, they didn't choose a university," he said. "They chose me. That's a difference."
Follow reporter Brent Schrotenboer @Schrotenboer. Email: bschrotenb@usatoday.com
veryGood! (185)
Related
- Buckingham Palace staff under investigation for 'bar brawl'
- One last Hanukkah gift from Hallmark: 'Round and Round' is a really fun romcom
- You'll still believe a man can fly when you see Christopher Reeve soar in 'Superman'
- Vivek Ramaswamy campaigns with former Iowa congressman with a history of racist remarks
- Audit: California risked millions in homelessness funds due to poor anti-fraud protections
- Max Scherzer has back surgery, will miss much of 2024 season for Rangers
- LA Bowl put Rob Gronkowski, Jimmy Kimmel in its name but didn't charge for it. Here's why.
- The Indicator of the Year
- From bitter rivals to Olympic teammates, how Lebron and Steph Curry became friends
- New Mexico names new Indian Affairs secretary amid criticism
Ranking
- Daughter of Utah death row inmate navigates complicated dance of grief and healing before execution
- 'Mayday': Small plane crashes onto North Carolina interstate; 2 people sent to hospital
- Ben Napier still courts wife Erin: 'I wake up and I want her to fall in love with me'
- New Mexico names new Indian Affairs secretary amid criticism
- Google unveils a quantum chip. Could it help unlock the universe's deepest secrets?
- UN peacekeeping chief welcomes strong support for its far-flung operations despite `headwinds’
- Cold case now a murder investigation after body found in Texas lake 37 years ago identified
- The Best Gifts for Couples Who Have Run Out of Ideas
Recommendation
Sam Taylor
Hailee Steinfeld Has Pitch-Perfect Gift Ideas For Everyone On Your List
Mother of Virginia 6-year-old who shot a teacher due for sentencing on child neglect
‘Reacher’ star Alan Ritchson talks season two of hit show and how ‘Amazon took a risk’ on him
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear ready to campaign for Harris-Walz after losing out for spot on the ticket
Former Jaguars financial manager pleads guilty to stealing $22M. He faces up to 30 years in prison
UK police say they’re ‘overjoyed’ that British teen missing for 6 years has been found in France
Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco Pack on the PDA During Intimate NYC Moment