Bo Jackson asked if Deion Sanders would be good fit as next Auburn coach

The topic of Auburn’s next football coaches rages on as the Tigers prepare for a Saturday home game against Arkansas.

For the record, Bryan Harsin is still the coach.

However, earlier this week, former Auburn great and Heisman Trophy winner Bo Jackson was asked if Jackson State and former NFL great Deion Sanders would be a good fit on The Plains.

“Deion could coach anywhere in the country — college or professional level— that he wants to,” Jackson said in an interview with USA Today. “It’s just whether or not the organization is ready for Prime. You can look at what he’s done for Jackson State in the short amount of time he’s been there. He has the charisma. He has what it takes because Deion, like myself, we were coached old-school and that’s the way he’s coaching his players. You’re seeing the results.”

Sanders, the former Florida State star, is 7-0 this season and 20-5 as a head coach at Jackson State since taking over prior to the 2020 season.

For the first time in program history, Jackson State will host ESPN’s “College GameDay” ahead of Saturday’s game with Southern.

“I was excited, really excited,” Sanders said, per Mississippi Today. “But you gotta understand, I expect stuff like this. Why not us? You know lots of people wear that shirt that says: ‘Why not us.’ But they don’t believe what’s on the shirt half the time.

“You better believe it. Don’t just wear it. Believe it. I really think like that. I think, ‘Why haven’t you come yet?’ Thank God, they pulled the trigger. We’re blessed to have them. It’s phenomenal.”

Mark Heim is a sports reporter for The Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @Mark_Heim.