Colorado fired football coach Karl Dorrell on Sunday in the wake of the Buffaloes' 0-5 start to the 2022 season, the university announced Sunday.
The school also dismissed defensive coordinator Chris Wilson. Offensive coordinator Mike Sanford will serve as interim coach, the school announced.
Sanford is the former head coach at Western Kentucky, where he went 9-16 in two seasons (2017-18). Defensive line coach Gerald Chatman was named the interim defensive coordinator.
Dorrell will receive approximately $8.7 million in a buyout, the school said. «I want to thank Karl for his hard work in leading our program since 2020,» athletic director Rick George said in a statement. «Ultimately, however, the results on the field just did not measure up to our expectations and standards, which made it necessary for us to make this change at this time.