Unveiling a unique narrative of perseverance and sacrifice, this is the story of the mothers behind the Colorado Buffaloes’ coaches. While much is known about the struggles of head coach Deion Sanders’ mother, it’s time to delve into the journey of Buffs’ coach, Maurice “Mo” Sims, and his mother. Hailing from the suburbs, the path to becoming Colorado’s head football strength and conditioning coach was not paved with opportunities, showing his resilience and determination.

Sims’ mother ensured that her child had a better life. Mama Maurice worked tirelessly, juggling two jobs to fulfill her son’s dreams.

Hard work pays off, shoutout to Mama Maurice

Well Off Media is particular about capturing meaningful stories of people associated with the Buffaloes program. This time, Coach Sims came under Deion Sanders Jr.’s radar as he wanted to know all about how Sims grew up. It was then came the story of his tear-jerking childhood. Hailing from the suburb of Knoxville, Tennessee, Sims recounted how his mother, details of whom are not available online, exposed him to better opportunities, “Been through a lot through childhood… I want to bring that up right now… mom’s got me out the hood know lot of hard work right… she wouldn’t let me stay in the project but that was her goal.”

He further revealed that Mama Maurice had to balance two jobs simultaneously, “She worked two jobs… 7 p.m. to 7 a.m., take a quick nap and then 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. she go work her second job… that’s rough I don’t got no complaints.” Knowing about the hard work that she put in while upbringing Sims, Deion Jr. could not help but give a shoutout to the mother, “We appreciate you building him into the person he is today.” Sims has definitely made his mother proud by joining efforts to take Deion Sanders’ program to the top. 

Coach Sims instills seriousness and commitment in the Buffs roster

The former defensive back at Concord University and Tennessee-Chattanooga has a pretty extensive resume within college athletics. While applying his strategies in strength coaching like activities such as tug of war and Navy SEAL training, what Coach Sims focuses on this time is strengthening bonds. All he wants for the Buffs is to build brotherhood within the squad. As the players are in the midst of intense summer practice, they are reminded of the loopholes that restricted them from fulfilling their promise last year. As Sims claimed, “All the other strength coaches, I check on them, they check on me. But it’s for the same purpose, for the same goal so that we can climb and bring our brothers with us.”

With this, he instilled a locker room mentality check on the Buffs. Here came Coach Sims’ vocal tonic in one of his training sessions, “What we got to accomplish this year means a lot. We talked about life and death. A lot of this is to change the dynamic of people’s family so they take it serious.”

The changes that Coach Sims brought into the summer practice, along with his efforts to change the mindset of the Buffs, did have a direct impact on the odds board. Deion Sanders’ program jumped from +20,000 to +12500 in the race of winning the CFP.