Sean McDermott

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Sean McDermott
born on March 21, 1974
Career information
Active : 1998 - today
College : College of William & Mary
Teams

as an assistant coach

as head coach

Career statistics
Play as head coach     50
G / V ( Regular Season )     25:23 (52.1%)
G / L ( playoffs )     0: 2 (0%)
Career highlights and awards

  • No notable successes

Sean McDermott (* 21st March 1974 in Omaha , Nebraska ) is an American coach in American football . He has been Head Coach of the Buffalo Bills since the 2017 season .

Career

From 1998 to January 2011, McDermott worked in various positions with the Philadelphia Eagles , most recently as Defensive Coordinator under Andy Reid . From 2011 to 2016, McDermott was Defensive Coordinator for the Carolina Panthers under Head Coach Ron Rivera . With the Panthers, he reached in the 2015 season to the Super Bowl 50 , the but the Denver Broncos won 24:10.

McDermott has been Head Coach of the Buffalo Bills since January 2017. In its first season, the Bills reached the play-offs for the first time in 18 years with 9 wins and 7 losses and thus ended the longest time in which a team in the four major North American leagues did not reach the play-offs. In the wildcard game, the Bills lost to the Jacksonville Jaguars 3:10. In the 2019 season , the third as head coach of the Buffalo Bills, McDermott reached the play-offs for the second time with a record of 10 wins and 6 losses. Here, too, the Bills failed in the wildcard game, they lost to the Houston Texans 19:22 in overtime. McDermott was nominated for Head Coach of the Year.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The Official Website of the Buffalo Bills. Retrieved May 4, 2020 (American English).
  2. ↑ Jason La Canfora: Eagles fire DC McDermott, who could land in Denver, Carolina. In: NFL.com. January 15, 2011, accessed June 16, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Mike Rodak: Wild Ravens finish ends Bills' 18-year drought. In: ESPN.com. January 1, 2018, accessed June 16, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Bills vs. Texans - Game Summary. In: espn.com. Retrieved April 21, 2020 (English).
  5. ^ Bills' Sean McDermott named a finalist for NFL Coach of the Year. In: https://buffalonews.com . January 29, 2020, accessed on April 21, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME McDermott, Sean
BRIEF DESCRIPTION american football coach
DATE OF BIRTH March 21, 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH Omaha , Nebraska , United States