Like most soccer coaches, Colorado’s Deion Sanders has a algorithm and expectations for his gamers.
This 12 months, Sanders will make his gamers pay – actually – for sure violations.
On Friday on the first staff assembly with the 2026 Buffaloes, Sanders had a number of coaches and staff leaders converse to the staff and go over most of the expectations.
He additionally put forth some expectations for conduct and a listing of fines for violations, per a video on Nicely Off Media.
There can be fines for being late to observe ($500) or being a no-show for observe ($2,500); being late to a gathering or movie session ($400) or being a no-show for a gathering or movie session ($2,000); being late to a power and conditioning exercise ($1,000) or being a no-show to a kind of exercises ($1,500); and for being late to remedy ($1,000) or a no-show for remedy ($1,500).
There can even be a superb for violation of staff guidelines on a scale of $1,000 to $2,500, based mostly on severity of the violation. And, for public or social media misconduct, there’s a superb of $2,000 to $5,000, once more based mostly on severity.
As well as, there are fines for damaging college or staff property ($3,000 plus the restore price); dropping staff know-how or gear ($1,000 plus price of substitute); and for misuse or destruction of athletic coaching gear ($500 to $2,000).
Sanders’ notes added that there can be an enchantment course of for the scholars when they’re fined.
Though the student-athletes will not be technically staff, a BuffZone supply mentioned it’s permissible to superb the gamers as a result of the fines will not be tied to their identify, picture and likeness (NIL), income share or licensing agreements; the fines aren’t associated to on-field efficiency; and they’re strictly for violations of staff guidelines.
The supply additionally mentioned different applications across the nation have comparable violation techniques and what Sanders has carried out is “not one thing distinctive to CU.”
Cash collected by the fines will go to CU athletic division working funds.
New corners coach
Sanders has employed Aaron Fletcher because the Buffs’ new cornerbacks coach. He gained’t be changing anybody, nonetheless. Moderately, he’ll work alongside Kevin Mathis, who has been the Buffs’ corners coach for 3 years and is now working with nickel backs and because the defensive go sport coordinator.
Fletcher was the co-defensive coordinator and cornerbacks coach Abilene Christian in 2024. He beforehand coached the secondary at Arizona State (2022), Missouri (2021), Tulsa (2015-20) and Houston Baptist (2012-14).
Fletcher additionally labored as a defensive analyst at Mississippi in 2023 and a coaching camp intern with the NFL’s Cincinnati Bengals and Denver Broncos.
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