Sanders, named as the 21 st head coach in the proud history of JSU football on September 21, 2020, led the Tigers in his first game as head coach on February 21, 2021.

Nov 9, 2024 · In his second season at Jackson State, he won the Eddie Robinson Award as FCS's best coach after the Tigers won the SWAC and finished with a program-record 11 wins.

Dec 4, 2022 · After three shockingly successful seasons at Jackson State, where he led the Tigers to a 27-5 record overall and a perfect 12-0 record in 2022, Coach Prime – as he likes to be called – is...

Dec 4, 2022 · Sanders is leaving the HBCU landscape for Colorado, but it’s worth recognizing what he accomplished at Jackson State.

Jan 11, 2025 · SANDERS' HBCU LEGACY. Athletic director Ashley Robinson and Jackson State hired Sanders as head coach in Sept. 2020 to revitalize the Tigers football program.

Apr 15, 2024 · In his new book, "Elevate and Dominate-21 Ways to Win On and Off the Field," Deion Sanders revealed that toward the end of his third and final season as coach of Jackson State football, he had...

Dec 9, 2022 · After three years at the helm, a widely acclaimed coach in Mississippi has accepted a new position, and the response has been polarizing. In September of 2020, Deion Sanders was named the coach of the Jackson State Tigers.

Jul 11, 2024 · Jackson State football enjoyed an impressive resurgence during Deion Sanders' tenure as its head coach. Hired in September 2020 after the Tigers had experienced six consecutive seasons...

Dec 16, 2022 · Jackson State coach Deion Sanders was candid that HBCU football players should have NFL draft opportunities. On the eve of the Celebration Bowl and his last game as Jackson State head coach, Deion Sanders affirmed that he accomplished everything he set out to for the football program and beyond.

Oct 16, 2022 · Deion Sanders, aka Coach Prime, is altering the landscape of sports once again, this time as head football coach at Jackson State University, an HBCU looking to compete with Power Five programs.