Sean Patrick Payton is an American football coach who is the head coach for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League and a former quarterback.
Previously, he served as the head coach of the New Orleans Saints from 2006 to 2021, leading the franchise to its first Super Bowl victory during the 2009 season.
What are Sean Payton’s teams coached?
He began his coaching career as an offensive assistant for San Diego State University and had several assistant coaching positions on college and NFL teams before being named the tenth full-time coach in Saints history in 2006.
Payton has always been known for his offensive prowess, having scored more points (2,804) and gained more yards (40,158) than any other team in a coach’s first 100 games in NFL history.
Payton had the second-longest NFL single-team tenure among active head coaches, behind New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick, who has coached the Patriots since the 2000 season.
Did Sean Payton really coach a youth team?
Being the first NFL coach to ever be suspended for any reason, some believe Home Team glosses over the controversial Bountygate scandal too lightly.
However, of all coaches to have serious scandals tarnish their career, like the Spygate and Deflategate scandals against Bill Belichick’s New England Patriots, Payton had an especially unusual off-coaching story.
For instance, while not being allowed to coach NFL football during his suspension, Payton returned to his family in Argyle, Texas, and coached his son’s middle school football team, the Liberty Christian Warriors.
Lots of kids in football can claim that their dad is one of the coaches – but it’s much less common for the coach to be a bonafide NFL celebrity. However, in this case, young Connor Payton benefitted both from a familial bond and some genuinely world-class coaching.
