Colorado football head coach Deion Sanders expressed his full support for NFL great Michael Vick becoming the new head coach at Norfolk State.
In an X post on Monday morning, Coach Prime wrote, “We’ve got to support, encourage, assist & show consistent Love to Coach Vick!” Vick, a four-time Pro Bowl quarterback, is entering his first head coaching job after spending time as a Fox Sports analyst.
Here’s what Coach Prime wrote on X (formerly Twitter):
“Let’s go baby! We’ve got to support, encourage, assist & show consistent Love to Coach Vick! He’s forever changed (the) QB position in @cfb @NFL & he will have tremendous impact on Coaching & Leading men to their true destinations. Love ya my brother.”
According to Fox Sports’ RJ Young, Vick had asked Sanders for advice about beginning his head coaching career.
“I reached out to Deion just to have a conversation with him,” Vick said, per Young. “The conversation was more so about philosophy and the most important steps to get started. He reminded me I’d have a bunch of people pulling for me.”
Vick began his NFL career with the Atlanta Falcons before serving a two-year suspension for his involvement in a dog fighting ring. He returned to the NFL in 2009 and spent time with the Philadelphia Eagles, New York Jets and Pittsburgh Steelers before retiring in 2017.
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