Colorado Coach Deion Sanders Had Bladder Cancer 'cured' After Surgery

Colorado caput shot coach Deion Sanders announced Monday he was diagnosed pinch bladder crab and had room to region his bladder. His doctors announced nan process resulted successful Sanders being "cured."

"We're going to hit it, aren't we?" Sanders asked Dr. Janet Kukreja connected shape astatine a news convention successful Boulder.

"It's beaten," she answered.

Sanders, 57, said he expects to coach nan Buffaloes adjacent season. He joked that going guardant he whitethorn request to person a "porta-potty connected nan sideline."

Sanders played 14 seasons successful nan NFL pinch nan Atlanta Falcons, San Francisco 49ers, Dallas Cowboys, Washington Redskins and Baltimore Ravens. A prima protect back, he earned six All-Pro honors and 9 Pro Bowl teams while starring nan 49ers and Cowboys to Super Bowl victories successful 1994 and 1995, respectively.

He was inducted into nan Football Hall of Fame successful 2011.

Sanders was named caput coach of Jackson State successful Mississippi successful 2020 and helped move astir nan FCS program. After a 4-3 first play (that was shortened owed to COVID), he led nan Tigers to an 11-2 grounds successful 2021 pinch a Southwestern Athletic Conference championship. They repeated arsenic titleholders nan adjacent twelvemonth pinch a 12-1 record.

Colorado hired Sanders successful 2023 to lead nan Buffaloes. Despite a 4-8 first year, nan Buffaloes went 9-4 successful 2024 pinch an Alamo Bowl appearance. Sanders’ son, Shadeur Sanders, threw for 4,134 yards, 37 touchdowns pinch 10 interceptions en way to being named Big 12 Offensive Player of nan Year. He was drafted by nan Cleveland Browns successful nan 5th information of nan 2025 NFL Draft.

Sanders was not pinch Colorado successful June owed to an unspecified wellness issue, he said connected societal media.

“Wow, I americium genuinely blessed for nan abundance of good wishes, for each nan thoughts and each of nan prayers,” Sanders wrote. “THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! 🙏🏾 I tin guarantee you each that everything is OKAY and will proceed to beryllium so. God sewage maine for illustration nary other. I person truthful overmuch much activity to do to Glorify God truthful please judge God sewage me! I’m excited to get backmost to Colorado to beryllium astatine location pinch my staff, squad & each associated to our program. When we get backmost to Boulder you will beryllium updated connected everything. Until then, I’M COMING BABY, #CoachPrime.”

In a video released by Sanders’ son, Deion Sanders Jr., connected Sunday, Sanders said he had made a will.

“Mentally, emotionally, past nighttime was tough, yesterday was tough, because I had to make a will,” he said in a video. “That’s not easy astatine all, to deliberation that you whitethorn not beryllium here.”

Sanders signed a five-year, $54 cardinal statement extension successful March that runs done nan 2029 season.