Marshall Faulk set to take HBCU job after 1 season at Colorado: reports

Marshall Faulk is reportedly including to his resume.

After practically twenty years off the grid following his Corridor of Fame profession, Faulk joined Deion Sanders’ employees in Colorado because the crew’s working backs coach.

However only one season later, stories say he’s anticipated to switch to Southern College, an HBCU [Historically Black Colleges and Universities] establishment in his house state of Louisiana. WAFB was the first to report the information.

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Colorado Buffaloes working backs coach Marshall Faulk earlier than the sport towards the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets at Folsom Subject. (Ron Chenoy/Imagn Photographs)

Faulk told ESPN in August that he “would not even attempt” teaching if it weren’t for Sanders himself.

“This wasn’t even on my listing of issues to do. I put in loopy hours after I performed, just like the hours of gamers and coaches, to turn into the coed of the sport that I used to be. And after I walked away from it, I could not consider how a lot time I had invested within the sport,” Faulk mentioned.

If and when the transfer is official, Faulk will be a part of a number of different former NFL stars to turn into head coaches at HBCUs. Michael Vick is the top coach at Norfolk State in his house state of Virginia, and DeSean Jackson began teaching at Delaware State this season. Each had no earlier teaching expertise.

Operating again Marshall Faulk of the St. Louis Rams watches as his crew defeats the San Francisco 49ers at 3Com Park in San Francisco, California. (Todd Warshaw/Icon Sportswire through Getty Photographs)

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Faulk was named the NFL Offensive Participant of the Yr every season from 1999 by 2001 whereas taking part in for The Best Present on Turf and likewise received an MVP Award in 2000. He and the then St. Louis Rams received Tremendous Bowl XXXIV and he was named to the Professional Bowl seven occasions.

Colorado has regressed after the departures of Sanders’ son, Shedeur, and Travis Hunter. The crew went 9-4 final season after a 4-8 marketing campaign in Sanders’ first yr with the Buffaloes. Nevertheless, they’re again to their 2023 kind with a 3-8 report.

Colorado head coach Deion Sanders watches his crew heat up earlier than the TCU sport, Oct. 4, 2025, in Fort Price, Texas. (AP Photograph/Tony Gutierrez)

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Colorado working backs have rushed for five.12 yards per carry (850 yards on 166 speeding makes an attempt).

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