{"id":357965,"date":"2025-11-05T18:05:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T18:05:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/357965\/"},"modified":"2025-11-05T18:05:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T18:05:13","slug":"deion-sanders-demotes-ex-giants-coach-pat-shurmur-as-season-spirals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/357965\/","title":{"rendered":"Deion Sanders demotes ex-Giants coach Pat Shurmur as season spirals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Things aren\u2019t going well for former Giants head coach Pat Shurmur in Boulder.<\/p>\n<p>Shurmur, in his third season on Deion Sanders\u2019 Colorado football staff, was stripped off his play-calling duties after <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/10\/26\/sports\/deion-sanders-dumbfounded-after-colorados-blowout-loss-to-utah\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">an embarrassing 53-7 road loss to Utah<\/a> on Oct. 25 and demoted from offensive coordinator to quarterbacks coach, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/ncaaf\/big12\/2025\/11\/04\/deion-sanders-colorado-football-coaching-staff-changes-pat-shumur-brett-bartolone-offense\/87097840007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to USA Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Brett Bartolone, the team\u2019s passing game coordinator and tight ends coach, called the offensive plays for the team\u2019s 52-17 home loss to Arizona this past Saturday, the report said.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37581637\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2187642846.jpg\" alt=\"Pat Shurmur during a Colorado game in 2024.\" class=\"wp-image-37581637\"  \/>Pat Shurmur during a Colorado game in 2024. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Sanders alluded to changes to the offense during his Tuesday press conference.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI might have already changed it, and you don\u2019t know,\u201d Sanders told reporters. \u201cI don\u2019t do stuff and blow the whistles and make major announcements.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shurmur, 60, was given play-calling duties in 2023 when Sanders took that responsibility away from then-offensive coordinator Sean Lewis, who became the head coach at San Diego State; the Aztecs are 7-1 this year and sit atop the Mountain West.<\/p>\n<p>The Giants hired Shurmur in 2018 to replace Ben McAdoo, but the former Browns head coach lasted just two seasons, going 5-11 and 4-12, getting fired after Daniel Jones\u2019 rookie season.<\/p>\n<p>He spent the next two seasons as the Broncos\u2019 offensive coordinator before he was fired and then joined Sanders\u2019 staff in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been a rough season for Sanders since losing his son, quarterback Shedeur, and wide receiver\/cornerback Travis Hunter in the 2025 NFL Draft.<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019re 3-6 after going 9-4 last year, and are in 14th place in the 16-team Big 12 with a 1-5 record in conference play.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37581644\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2244863737.jpg\" alt=\"Deion Sanders (l.) on the sideline during Colorado's loss to Arizona on Nov. 1, 2025.\" class=\"wp-image-37581644\"  \/>Deion Sanders (l.) on the sideline during Colorado\u2019s loss to Arizona on Nov. 1, 2025. ISI Photos via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Things have gotten bad enough that Sanders is <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/11\/02\/sports\/deion-sanders-bars-player-interviews-after-colorados-latest-embarrassment-come-at-me\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shielding his players from speaking to the media<\/a> after back-to-back blowout losses.<\/p>\n<p>The Buffaloes have three games left against West Virginia, Arizona State and Kansas State.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Things aren\u2019t going well for former Giants head coach Pat Shurmur in Boulder. 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