Warren Sapp Says He’s ‘Addicted’ to Coaching After Joining Deion Sanders at Colorado

Deion Sanders hired another former NFL great, Warren Sapp, to serve as a graduate assistant coach on his coaching staff this season.

And the NFL Hall of Famer and seven-time Pro Bowler is loving every second of it.

“For someone that never wanted to do this, I am really addicted to it right now,” he told reporters Tuesday. “The babies are really giving me a purpose in life, and I’m enjoying it.”

He added that a visit to Colorado last season really helped crystalize a desire to coach, as Buffaloes players reached out to him for advice.

That desire to improve has only increased since he’s become a coach.

“I’ve worked with pros that are getting my phone number and tell me they coming to Miami, and my house is a mile and a half from where they work out and they’ll never call,” he said. “These kids call me at 5:30 in the morning, ‘Coach, you wanna come watch tape with me?’ It’s crazy. I’m like, ‘Yeah, give me a purpose to get off the couch!’ So trust me, I was on my couch watching MSNBC, so I’m loving this. I am loving this.”