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Deion Sanders Made It Very Clear That There Is One Place That He Will Not Coach

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Deion Sanders has been the head football coach at Jackson State University for 17 months and has already made a huge splash. Not only did the Tigers win the SWAC and go 11-2, but they landed the 79th-ranked recruiting class with the No. 1 recruit in the nation, which is typically unfathomable for an FCS program.

As a result of Coach Prime’s early success on the collegiate level, he is destined for a bigger job in the near future, should he choose to leave. There were rumors that Sanders was attached to TCU’s opening this offseason, and it surely won’t be the last time that his name is in the mix. Especially if he keeps winning on the field and on the recruiting trail.

No matter how well he does and what team comes calling, there is one place that Sanders says he will never coach. He joined the Dan Le Batard Show earlier this week and was asked about the NFL.

Stugotz asked Sanders if he has ever been asked to, or would ever want to coach on the professional level. Where many coaches would prefer to coach the NFL over college (take Chris Kiffin for example), that is not the case for Sanders.

Coach Prime does not want to coach the NFL.

“I don’t know about that one, my man,” Sanders said. “I don’t want to coach pros. I’m not a pro guy. I don’t have patience for rich guys with problems. I don’t have patience for rich guys that don’t want to stay rich and continue to earn a check.”

In addition to the conversation around the National Football League, it sounds like Sanders would take a Power 5 job if/when it comes. He said that he spoke with three schools during the offseason and thinks that he should have been fired.

“I interviewed for three Power Five jobs and I should’ve got em,” he said. “I was very, very, very good I may say in the interviews. In one of the interviews, I was so darn good, the guy asked me when could I start. ‘When can you really start?’ I told him when it was possible and they went in another direction. I wasn’t upset. That just means that God needed me to continue to be at Jackson State.”

Here are Sanders’ full comments: