I think he let go all but one of last year’s coaching staff and brought in his own coaches. It would be weird to let one of his own coaches go before the team started playing.
In his first video addressing the team, the team looked small and white. I hope they do a side by side comparison of that team and the team he brought in. The team will definitely look bigger and blacker. That’s the real reason Deon is getting so much heat.
He told the team on the first day that he was bringing in players and urged players to hit the transfer portal if they did not want to compete against the “dawgs” he was bringing in.
I’d like to think Half of them cats were gone even before Deion even got the call…
Few from the 2022 staff that stayed who kept same positions are:
Associate Director/On-Campus Recruiting
Maileka Slayton
Assistant Director of Football Operations
Emily Funke
Administrative Assistant/Assistant Coaches
Jean Onaga
Character Coach
Brian Cabral
Director of Player Development/Alumni Relations - Lance Carl
Director of Creative Services
John Snelson
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Staff that stayed but changed titles
Assistant Coach/Running Backs
Darian Hagan << to >> Executive Director, Community Engagement & Outreach/FB Ambassador
Director of Player Personnel
Chandler Dorrell
Football Senior Art Director << to >> Director of Football Art Design
Derek Marckel
Defensive Graduate Assistant Coach
Cordale Grundy << to >> Football Assistant
Graduate Assistant/Quarterbacks
Nate Dodson << to >> Football Assistant
Deion roster have 49 staffers, Coach Dorrell has 44 staff personnel…
11 of the 44 was retained…
I knew of 5:
- Coach Hagan
- Maileka Slayton, the recruiting coordinator
- The two white guy, from the media team
(When Coach said they need diversity)
- The Asian lady
I’m say this, glancing over the roster and coaching staff/administrators…I can see why Deion was hired. It’s bad to read a book by it’s cover but as a whole they didn’t have that look…
You have Chance Main, a edge rushers who just committed back to CU, who left before Deion was hired. Dude pretty much said in so many words “it’s a good change”. Even tho we see it but he felt a Completely different vibe.
I just checked the rosters for 2022 vs 2023
Seem like 30 of the 74 current players returned (maybe 31 if Montana Craig come back)
The 74 don’t include the recent additions over the last 2 weeks. I didn’t see none of the FSU guys(which is like 7)…