Sean Payton Biography
Sean Payton born (Patrick Sean Payton) is an American football coach and former player who is the current head coach of the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL). Payton was born in San Mateo, California, the U.S on December 29th, 1963. He was a quarterback at Naperville Central High School and Eastern Illinois University and played professionally in 1987 and 1988.
Sean Payton Age
Payton was born in San Mateo, California, the U.S on December 29th, 1963. He is 56 years old as of 2019.
Sean Payton Family
He was born and raised in Naperville, Illinois, by parents Thomas (Father)and Jeanne Payton ( Mother). His parents were originally from Scranton, Pennsylvania; His father worked in the insurance industry. Payton lived in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania.
Sean Payton Education
He got enrolled at Naperville Central High School and participated actively in high sports playing football as a quarterback. He later received a scholarship invitation to Eastern Illinois University to play college football.
Sean Payton Girlfriend
Sean is believed to be dating a one time Miss West Virginia 2008 (Skylene Montgomery). He is occasionally seen with the beauty queen by his side.
Skylene was born on December 4th, 1984, in West Virginia to her parents Darlene and Skylar Ora Montgomery. She graduated with a BA in exercise physiology from Marshall University.
Sean Payton Wife
Payton got married to his wife Beth Shuey in 1992. The pair met in her hometown Indiana where Payton was coaching at the time. Beth grew up in Morocco Indiana and attended Bell State University.
The pair started a non-profit organization known as Payton’s Play It Forward Foundation aimed at improving the lives of families and children in the areas of health, education, and social welfare. They as well hold an annual gala called Black and Gold Gala and have had prestigious personalities such as Brad Pitt, Dr. Phil, and a few others, grace the occasion.
Sean Payton Kids | Sean Payton Daughter
The pair has two children, a daughter, Meghan Payton born 1997 and a son, Connor Payton, born in the millennia year 2000. Sean Payton’s daughter, Meghan, has worked as an intern with NFL Network, and through that experience, she’s had a chance to cover the Pro Bowl and attend some practices for teams around the league.
In addition to her experience at NFL Network, Meghan Payton has as well attended the GALvanize boot camps hosted by NFL on FOX reporter Laura Okmin, according to the Saints head coach.
Sean Payton Divorce
The pair filed for divorce stating one of her reasons being a conflict of personalities in June 2012. Their divorce was finalized in 2014 and Beth got custody of the children with Payton providing child support.
There are speculations that she caught Payton cheating before she filed for divorce Although she never made any reference to that as her reason for wanting a divorce to the media or in court.
She now lives in Texas with her kids and Payton occasionally visits to spend some time with the kids.
Sean Payton Career
Diego University in 1988. After his job at the university, he as well held other minor college coaching positions for other teams.
In 1997, he was promoted to quarterback coach for the Philadelphia Eagles. The following year, he then lost him the job and in 1999, he became the quarterback coach for the New York Giants. The next year, Payton became the team’s offensive coordinator leading the Giants to win Super Bowl XXXV.
He was then hired by the New Orleans Saints as head coach in 2006. The team had been struggling, barely winning their games but with Payton’s arrival, the team got back the glory days and started winning again (after a poor first season). He impacted the team with his great coaching skills and led the Saints to their first playoff in 6 years.
Their performance was incredible and they had one of the league’s best stats – ranking at position fifth in scored points and first in passing.
Payton continued to lead the team to remarkable victories. In 2007, he won the Associated Press NFL Coach of the Year Award.
He also led the New Orleans Saints to win the NFC South with a 10-6 record. In 2000, Payton led the team to win Super Bowl XLIV with a 31-17 victory over the Indianapolis Colts.
He as well, he published a book titled Home Team: Coaching the Saints and New Orleans Back to Life. The book was co-written by Ellis Henican and topped the New York Bestseller list as no 8 in the non-fiction section.
Sean Payton Salary
Payton pulled in the highest NFL coaching salary estimate at $8 million.
Sean Payton Net worth
Payton has an estimated net worth of $12 million and an annual salary of $8 million.
Sean Payton Cowboys
Payton joined Bill Parcells and the Cowboys as the assistant head coach and a quarterbacks coach in 2003, where he helped coach Quincy Carter, Vinny Testaverde, and Drew Bledsoe to 3,000-yard seasons. he got promoted by Parcells to assistant head coach/passing game coordinator In 2005,
Sean Payton Teams
NFL head coaches under whom Sean Payton has served:
- Ray Rhodes: Philadelphia Eagles (1997–1998)
- Jim Fassel: New York Giants (1999–2002)
- Bill Parcells: Dallas Cowboys (2003–2005)
Assistant coaches under Sean Payton who became NFL or college head coaches:
- Dennis Allen: Oakland Raiders (2012–2014)
- John Bonamego: Central Michigan (2015–present)
- Curtis Johnson: Tulane (2012–2015)
- Doug Marrone: Syracuse (2009–2012), Buffalo Bills (2013–2014),
- Jacksonville Jaguars (2016–present)
- Mike Neu: Ball State (2016–present)
- Ed Orgeron: LSU (2016–present)
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