Deion Sanders reveals he told recruit's mother Colorado cannot sustain success without him

Deion Sanders is just 9 months and three football games into his tenure as Colorado‘s head football coach, the first Power 5 coaching job of his career, and has already made an unprecedented impact on the program.

His status as a member of the Pro and College Football Hall of Fames, his one-of-a-kind charisma and confidence, and his ability to turn over a college football roster in an unprecedented way have led his team to a 3-0 start and a national spotlight for the program that nobody could have anticipated. And Sanders recently shared a story about Colorado’s ability to sustain that success down the road without him in an interview with Bleacher Report’s Taylor Brooks.

“I’m honest,” Sanders said. “I just had a parent ask me the other day, she said, ‘Do you think that if you left that what you’ve created is still sustainable?’. I said no Mama, it ain’t. I’m not gon lie to you, I will cry to you before I lie to you, but it’s not.”

Even during his time as a player Sanders has always spoke his mind and never pulled punches, and he hasn’t changed one bit in his coaching career. But what he’s done so far during his tenure in Boulder is hard to draw comparisons to and will likely be hard to replicate in the future, providing the world of sports with a unique moment in time.

With that being said, if Sanders did eventually decide to move on from Colorado, it’s hard to argue that they’d be able to maintain what he’s built and have the same level of appeal as a program without his presence.

“God anointed me for this time, this season, this era, this moment,” Sanders said. “He anointed me for this and to coach your son and his son, and his son, that’s what God’s anointed me to do. So this is my calling, so no I don’t think it is Mama.”

Sanders put the HBCU program Jackson State on the map when he became their coach in 2020, as the Tigers received more national attention and attained the most success they’ve ever seen in program history during his tenure.

It’s safe to say that since his departure Jackson State hasn’t received nearly as much coverage as they did when Sanders was there, with the team also starting the season with a 2-2 record. And with Sanders already rumored as a head coaching candidate at even bigger programs than Colorado in the future, you’d imagine an exit from Colorado would leave the Buffaloes program in a similar state that the Tigers are in now Jackson, Mississippi.