Deion Sanders emerges as candidate for Florida State football coaching job, per report

Deion Sanders — a member of both the Pro Football and College Football Hall of Fame — has emerged as a candidate for the Florida State head coaching job, NFL Network reports.

On Sunday, FSU fired Willie Taggart midway through his second season as head coach, opening up a job at what has historically been one of college football's most successful programs.

Sanders' candidacy is a surprise in that the former Seminoles defensive back has no college or NFL coaching experience. However, Sanders does have experience coaching high school athletes, most notably at the Under Armour All-America Game.

 At Florida State, Sanders was a standout cornerback for the Seminoles, earning consensus All-American honors in 1987 and 1988, and winning the Jim Thorpe Award (awarded to college football's top defensive back) in 1988. He was also an outfielder for FSU's baseball team.  

Professionally, Sanders was a two-sport star, spending 14 seasons in the NFL and nine years in Major League Baseball. He was a six-time first-team all-pro and a two-time Super Bowl champion. Sanders currently works as an analyst for NFL Network.

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In USA TODAY Sports' recent countdown of the 100 greatest players in NFL history, Sanders was ranked at No. 16.