Hall of Famer on Deion Sanders' staff set to ditch Colorado for HBCU head coaching job: report

Marshall Faulk is reportedly adding to his resume.

After being disconnected the gridiron for astir 2 decades pursuing his Hall of Fame career, Faulk joined Deion Sanders’ unit astatine Colorado arsenic the team’s moving backs coach.

But conscionable 1 play later, reports accidental helium is expected to leap to Southern University, a HBCU [Historically Black Colleges and Universities] instauration successful his location authorities of Louisiana. WAFB was the archetypal to study the news.

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Colorado Buffaloes moving backs manager Marshall Faulk earlier the crippled against the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets astatine Folsom Field.  (Ron Chenoy/Imagn Images)

Faulk told ESPN successful August that helium "would not adjacent try" coaching if it weren't for Sanders himself.

"This wasn't adjacent connected my database of things to bash successful the slightest way. I enactment brainsick hours successful erstwhile I played, similar subordinate and coach's hours in, to go the pupil of the crippled that I was. And erstwhile I walked distant from it, I couldn't judge however overmuch clip I invested into the game," Faulk said.

If and erstwhile the determination is official, Faulk volition articulation respective different erstwhile NFL stars to go caput coaches astatine HBCUs. Michael Vick is the caput manager astatine Norfolk State successful his location authorities of Virginia, and DeSean Jackson besides started coaching astatine Delaware State this season. Neither had immoderate anterior coaching experience.

Running backmost Marshall Faulk of the St. Louis Rams looks connected arsenic his squad defeats the San Francisco 49ers astatine 3Com Park successful San Francisco, California. (Photo by Todd Warshaw/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

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Faulk was named the NFL's Offensive Player of the Year successful each play from 1999 done 2001 portion playing for The Greatest Show connected Turf, besides winning an MVP Award successful 2000. He and the then–St. Louis Rams won Super Bowl XXXIV, and helium was named to the Pro Bowl 7 times.

Colorado has regressed pursuing the departure of Sanders’ son, Shedeur, and Travis Hunter. The squad went 9-4 past play aft a 4-8 run successful Sanders’ archetypal twelvemonth with the Buffaloes. However, they are backmost to their 2023 signifier with a 3-8 record.

Colorado caput manager Deion Sanders watches his squad lukewarm up earlier an NCAA assemblage shot crippled against TCU Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025, successful Fort Worth, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

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Colorado moving backs person rushed for 5.12 yards per transportation (850 yards connected 166 rushing attempts).

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