Special teams coordinator Trevor Reilly no longer on Colorado staff

Deion Sanders is dealing with more turnover on his coaching staff just days before the season begins. Trevor Reilly, Colorado’s special teams coordinator in 2023, is no longer on the Buffaloes staff, a source briefed on the decision confirmed to The Athletic.

Reilly followed Sanders to Colorado from Jackson State, where he served as a graduate assistant. He left the staff earlier this month.

Following Reilly’s departure, just two on-field Colorado staffers are still in the same roles they held when the 2023 season began.

Sanders is already replacing his offensive and defensive coordinators this season, turning to former NFL head coach Pat Shurmur as his offensive play caller. Former offensive coordinator Sean Lewis was demoted in favor of Shurmur in the middle of the 2023 season. Lewis was hired as San Diego State’s head coach after the Buffaloes finished 4-8.

Defensive coordinator Charles Kelly left the staff after last season to become the co-defensive coordinator at Auburn under Hugh Freeze. Sanders turned to first-time play caller Robert Livingston, who had previously been the secondary coach with the Cincinnati Bengals, to replace Kelly.

Offensive line coach Phil Loadholt and outside linebackers coach Vincent Dancy are both first-time position coaches at the FBS level.

Earlier this offseason, Sanders added NFL Hall of Famer Warren Sapp as a graduate assistant. George Helow, who worked as Michigan’s linebackers coach in 2022 and served as a special assistant to Nick Saban at Alabama last season, joined the staff earlier this month.

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