Shaquille O'Neal says Colorado's Deion Sanders reminds him of ex-coach Phil Jackson
LOS ANGELES — Deion Sanders is three games into his first stint as coach of a Power 5 college football team. Phil Jackson won a record 11 NBA titles and is considered one of basketball's all-time great coaches. One of Jackson's former players, Hall of Famer Shaquille O'Neal, has already seen enough to start making comparisons between the two coaches. Shaq told TMZ that Sanders' stoic demeanor ...
by Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times
Sep 19, 2023
3 minutes
LOS ANGELES — Deion Sanders is three games into his first stint as coach of a Power 5 college football team.
Phil Jackson won a record 11 NBA titles and is considered one of basketball's all-time great coaches.
One of Jackson's former players, Hall of Famer Shaquille O'Neal, has already seen enough to start making comparisons between the two coaches. Shaq told TMZ that Sanders' stoic demeanor during Colorado's comeback win over Colorado State on Saturday looked awfully familiar.
"When they were down
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