Deion Sanders expected to add veteran NFL coach to Colorado staff, per report
Deion Sanders looks to be adding a coach with NFL experience to his Colorado staff. Pat Shurmur is reportedly in Boulder and expected to join Sanders’ staff as an analyst.
Carl Reed Jr. of CBS Sports/247Sports shared the news Friday on Twitter.
Veteran NFL Coach Pat Shurmur has been on Campus at Colorado this week, per source.
He is expected to join the staff as an analyst moving forward.
Shurmur brings over 20 years of NFL coaching experience and was the AP NFL Assistant Coach of The Year in 2017.
— Carl Reed Jr. (@CoachReedLive) July 7, 2023
Shurmur, 58, has more than 3 decades of coaching experience. He got his start at Michigan State, his alma mater, in 1988 as a graduate assistant. Shurmur was on MSU’s staff from 1990-97 coaching tight ends, offensive line and special teams. His last college job was in 1998 as Stanford’s offensive line coach.
From 1999-to-2021, Shurmur coached in the NFL. He has 4 seasons of head coaching experience with the Cleveland Browns (2011-12) and New York Giants (2018-19). He was interim coach for the Philadelphia Eagles for 1 game in 2015. Shurmur posted a 19-46 record as an NFL head coach. In 2017, he was the AP’s NFL Assistant Coach of the Year as the Minnesota Vikings offensive coordinator.