{"id":237020,"date":"2025-10-19T20:00:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T20:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/237020\/"},"modified":"2025-10-19T20:00:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T20:00:08","slug":"colorado-state-head-coach-jay-norvell-fired","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/237020\/","title":{"rendered":"Colorado State head coach Jay Norvell fired"},"content":{"rendered":"

Colorado State<\/a> fired head coach Jay Norvell<\/a> after Saturday\u2019s loss against Hawaii<\/a>, according to On3\u2019s Brett McMurphy. The 62-year-old Norvell has been the Rams\u2019 head coach since 2022, but the program is moving on without him after Colorado State fell to 2-5 overall and 1-2 in the Mountain West this sason.<\/p>\n

Norvell finishes 18-26 in three and a half seasons at Colorado State following a successful tenure at Nevada from 2017-21. With the Wolf Pack, Norvell went 33-26 and was 2-1 in bowl games while not coaching in a fourth after he took the job with the Rams.<\/p>\n

The 2024 season was the highlight for Norvell at Colorado State, considering the career-high eight wins. However, the Rams lost the Arizona Bowl 43-17 to Miami (Ohio).<\/p>\n

Norvell began his coaching career at Iowa as a grad assistant following his playing days in 1986. He had numerous assistant gigs over the next couple of decades at Northern Iowa, Wisconsin, Iowa State, the Indianapolis Colts, Oakland Raiders, Nebraska, UCLA, Oklahoma, Texas and Arizona State.<\/p>\n

Norvell was a linebacker at Iowa from 1982-85 and was named First-Team All-Big Ten during his final season. He would play for the Denver Broncos and Chicago Bears over the next two years as a practice squad member and replacement player before getting into coaching.<\/p>\n

The notable news out of Norvell\u2019s camp at Colorado State in recent seasons was his feud with Colorado head coach Deion Sanders<\/a>. The two schools already have a heated rivalry, but it hit a new gear during Sanders\u2019 tenure.<\/p>\n

After Norvell and family allegedly had some\u00a0disparaging comments about Sanders<\/a> last year, Coach Prime was asked for a rebuttal. Although he didn\u2019t give any ground and simply said he interacted with Norvell\u2019s wife during the Big 12 Meetings.<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, I had the honor and the pleasure at the Big 12 meetings to meet his wife,\u201d\u00a0Sanders said<\/a>. \u201cShe\u2019s delightful. I\u2019m not looking for an apology. I just met her. She was delightful \u2026 I don\u2019t judge people based off what they say when they\u2019re emotional. I can\u2019t do that man. My heart ain\u2019t built like that. When you show me who you are, I gotta believe you, but I hadn\u2019t seen that. I just met his wife and she was delightful.\u201d<\/p>\n

Norvell explained that he didn\u2019t really think about his rival. And there certainly doesn\u2019t seem to be some secret friendship behind the scenes with Sanders.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t have any feelings for Deion Sanders, I really don\u2019t,\u201d Norvell said in July of 2024,\u00a0according to<\/a>\u00a0the Denver Gazette. \u201cI don\u2019t think about Deion Sanders unless you guys ask me a question about him. No, nothing\u2019s changed.\u201d<\/p>\n