Apr 22, 2023; Boulder, CO, USA; Colorado Buffaloes head coach Deion Sanders during the first half of the spring game at Folsom Field. Mandatory Credit: Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports
The chances of Deion Sanders becoming the next head coach of the Dallas Cowboys seem quite slim at the moment, but Michael Irvin says there is one move the team could make if they want to change that.
During a Tuesday appearance on Colin Cowherd’s FS1 show, Irvin was asked if he believes Sanders would take the Cowboys head coach job if Dallas were to draft Deion’s son Shedeur. Irvin said there is a 100 percent chance Deion would want to coach the Cowboys if that were to happen. The Hall of Fame wide receiver added that “great sources” have made that clear to him.
Irvin, who was teammates with Sanders in Dallas in the late 1990s, recently interviewed Sanders on FS1’s “Speak.” When Irvin brought up the chatter linking Sanders to the Cowboys, Coach Prime quickly shut it down by repeating a six-word response. There was also a recent report that Sanders is not willing to entertain any conversations about coaching in the NFL at this time, as he is focused on the great season his 8-2 Buffaloes are having.
Shedeur, who is Colorado’s quarterback, is expected to be a top-five pick in the 2025 NFL Draft. It is not out of the question that the Cowboys will secure one of those picks, but they have Dak Prescott locked up for several more years. There is virtually no chance Dallas would draft Shedeur that high.
Irvin’s big claim is probably moot, and he knows that. Judging by some of the things Deion has said in the past, it is fair to wonder if he wants to coach in the NFL at all.
