Who is Pat Shurmur? All you need to know about Colorado Analyst replacing OC Sean Lewis

Colorado Buffaloes coach Deion Sanders has made a change to his staff involving Pat Shurmur and Sean Lewis that has stunned the CFB fraternity.

ESPN's Adam Rittenberg broke the news that Sanders was handing the play-calling reins over to Pat Shurmur for the game against Oregon State for Colorado's crucial college football Week 10 clash.

The quality control analyst will take on an on-field assistant role for the Buffs. This has to necessarily involve a full-time assistant role as per NCAA rules, which means that one staff member will be demoted to an off-field role.

Pat Shurmur and Sean Lewis will be co-offensive coordinators. After last weekend's 28-16 loss to the UCLA Bruins, Deion Sanders expressed his dissatisfaction with the offense in his postgame news conference.

"Overall, we just don't have the fight and the passion to do what we want to do," Deion Sanders said (via Sports Illustrated). "The line has to improve. We have to have enough depth to be able to accomplish the goals that we set out to accomplish."

“It’s a struggle to run the ball,” Sanders added. “And we’ve got to figure that out because now you’re one dimensional and it’s easy to stop a team when they’re one dimensional and that’s who we are at this point of time.”

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Pat Shurmur's career background

Pat Shurmur has had a storied career in football, spanning over 30 years, although the last time that he coached in college football was in 1998 as the offensive coordinator of the Stanford Cardinal, and Michigan State before that.

He has held several offensive coordinator jobs in the NFL, including the ones at the St. Louis Rams, Philadelphia Eagles, and Minnesota Vikings.

The 58-year-old was the head coach of the Cleveland Browns between 2010-2011 and the New York Giants between 2018-2019.

Most recently, he was the offensive coordinator of the Denver Broncos between 2020-2021 before accepting an offer to join Sander's staff in Colorado.

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The career background of Sean Lewis

Sean Lewis built up a reputation for his potent offensive schemes as an offensive coordinator at Bowling Green and Syracuse.

He then got a job as coach of Kent State where he stayed for five years before accepting the offensive coordinator's job in Colorado under coach Deion Sanders.

His offense at Colorado averaged 32.1 points per game, perhaps explaining why the CFB fraternity has been baffled by the decision to demote him.

Showing just how highly regarded he is within the CFB arena, Lewis is already being linked to potential FBS jobs.