Deion Sanders claps back at criticism from Pitt head coach: ‘I don’t know who he is’

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The University of Colorado hired Deion Sanders to change the culture of a program that has finished the year with a winning record just once in the past 17 years. 

"Coach Prime" has overseen a massive overhaul since becoming the head coach, with around 70 players entering the transfer portal, according to The Athletic. 

Pittsburgh head coach Pat Narduzzi walks on the sidelines during an college football game between the Pittsburgh Panthers and the University of Miami Hurricanes on Nov. 26, 2022 at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. (Doug Murray/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

While Sanders has the support of those at Colorado, not everyone in college football is impressed with how he is going about it, including Pittsburgh head coach Pat Narduzzi, who was critical of Sanders methods in an interview with 247 Sports last month. 

Sanders said he is not bothered by the criticism. 

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"What was his situation when he came to Pitt? He had a different situation than me," Sanders told 247 Sports when asked about Narduzzi’s criticism of his roster overhaul.

"He is not mad at me, he is mad at the situation in football now that allowed his best player to leave a year ago. He’s not mad at me, he’s using me to shoot bullets at another coach who he has an issue with. I don’t know who he is; if he walked in here right now I wouldn’t know him."

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Narduzzi said Sanders' overhaul looks bad on all college coaches. 

"That's not the way it's meant to be," Narduzzi told 247Sports at the ACC's spring