Patrick Sean Payton, born December 29, 1963, is an American football coach and former player who now serves as the head coach of the National Football League’s New Orleans Saints. Payton was a quarterback at Naperville Central High School and Eastern Illinois University before going pro in 1987 with the Chicago Bears and 1988 in the United Kingdom.

Sean Payton began his coaching career as an offensive assistant at San Diego State University and went on to hold various assistant coaching roles on the collegiate and NFL clubs until being appointed the Saints’ ninth full-time coach in 2006.

Payton has long been recognized for his offensive brilliance, having scored more points (2,804) and gained more yards (40,158) than any other team in NFL history during a coach’s first 100 games.

Payton has the second-longest NFL tenure among active head coaches, trailing only New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick, who has been with the team since the 2000 season.

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Payton has guided the Saints to eight postseason appearances, six NFC South championships, and the franchise’s first World Championship in 2009, a 31-17 victory over the Indianapolis Colts in Super Bowl XLIV. Payton’s 139 regular season and postseason victories as an NFL head coach rank him 26th all-time.