Four years after Deion Sanders took over an HBCU program at Jackson State, Michael Vick is preparing to do the same thing at Norfolk State.
The newly named head coach at the FCS HBCU says he recently had a conversation with the former Jackson State head coach and current Colorado head coach.
“I reached out to Deion just to have a conversation with him,” Vick said in a recent interview with FoxSports. “ 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.”
Deion Sanders, of course, led Jackson State to back-to-back SWAC titles and won the Eddie Robinson Award for the best coach in the FCS. He left following the 2022 season to take the Colorado job. Jackson State recently won the HBCU national title by defeating South Carolina State in the Celebration Bowl.
Michael Vick also talked about why he picked Norfolk State over Sacramento State as both programs were interested in him taking over.