Super Bowl champ slams Deion Sanders for his coaching style at Colorado

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Christian Fauria, a former Colorado Buffaloes star tight end and two-time Super Bowl champion, criticized Deion Sanders as the head coach gears up for his fourth year at the helm.

Fauria appeared on "The Zach Gelb Show" and tore into Sanders, who joined Colorado after a few years at Jackson State. Sanders was the head coach when Travis Hunter won the 2024 Heisman Trophy award.

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New England Patriots tight end Christian Fauria is tackled by Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker James Farrior during AFC Championship game at Heinz Field on Jan. 23, 2005. (Matthew Emmons/USA Today Sports)

"I’m just not a fan of the coach. I’m not. I’ll never be a fan of the coach," Fauria said. "I love the school. And this isn’t me picking on Deion Sanders because I pick on Joe Gibbs. The worst coach I’ve ever had was Joe Gibbs. So, my picking on Deion Sanders is nothing. I just don’t like the way he coaches football. 

"I don’t think he’s very bright. I don’t think he can manage a game. I think there’s a lot of flash, but I think there’s no substance, you know? And he’s got a lot of people, like, brainwashed. And, you know, we’ll see. We’ll see what he can do. But I’m just — I’m not a fan of him, not a fan of his coaching style, not a fan of his messaging.

Colorado Buffaloes head coach Deion Sanders before the game against the Arizona State Sun Devils at Folsom Field on Nov. 22, 2025. (Ron Chenoy/Imagn Images)

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"There’s a lot of things you know internally that I know about that I’m not a fan of, and it’s just not worth