Sacramento State Hornets head football coach Brennan Marion is leaving the program after just one season to become the offensive coordinator for Deion Sanders's Colorado Buffaloes, CBS News Sacramento has learned.

Marion leaves Sac State following his first-ever college head coaching job, leading the Hornets to a 7-5 record overall and 5-3 in the Big Sky Conference, missing the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision playoffs.

He came to Sac State following a two-year stint as University of Nevada, Las Vegas offensive coordinator, where the Rebels' "GoGo" offensive scheme ranked 14th in the FBS with 36.2 points per game in 2024. Marion has also coached at other colleges, including Texas, Pittsburgh, and Hawaii.

Prior to his college coaching career, he was the head coach at St.

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