Sean Payton is a professional American football coach who is the head coach for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League and a former quarterback. He was the head coach of the New Orleans Saints from 2006 to 2021 and he led the team to its first Super Bowl victory against the Indianapolis Colts in 2009. For his efforts, he also won the AP NFL Coach of the Year.
Sean Payton guided the Saints to three NFL Conference Championship Games and one Super Bowl victory making him the most successful coach in Saints franchise history. After guiding the Saints for 16 seasons he joined the Denver Broncos in 2023 as their head coach. The annual salary of Sean Payton with the Denver Broncos is $18 million making him the second highest-paid coach in this prestigious league.
Sean Payton’s first wife was Beth Shuey and they had two children together. They have a son named Conner Payton. They also have a daughter named Meghan Payton. After being together for over 20 years, Sean Payton and Beth Shuey got divorced in 2014.
Sean Payton is currently married to Skylene Montgomery. Sean Payton and Skylene Montgomery met each other in 2014 and after years of dating, they finally got married in 2021. Skylene Montgomery was born on December 4, 1984. Currently, she is 39 years old. She is a former Miss West Virginia. Skylene is also involved in many charitable organizations like Fore! Kids Foundation. She is also a registered nurse. Sean Payton and Skylene Montgomery are a private couple, they do not share much about their personal lives on social media.
Sean Payton’s Early Life
Sean Payton was born in San Mateo, California, and raised in Naperville, Illinois by his parents Thomas and Jeanne Payton. During his middle school years, Sean Payton lived in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania. Sean attended Naperville Central High School in Naperville, Illinois, and played quarterback in his senior year before graduating in 1982. He won a football scholarship at Eastern Illinois University and played quarterback for the Eastern Illinois Panthers football team, leading the Panthers to an 11–2 record and the quarter-finals of the Division I-AA Playoffs in 1986.
Sean Payton’s Super Bowl Wins
As a head coach, Sean Payton led the New Orleans Saints to the Super Bowl XLIV, in 2010, where the Saints defeated the Indianapolis Colts. Now in 2023, Payton signed a five-year contract with the Broncos to become their head coach. The Broncos have a stacked team, and with the brilliant guidance of Sean Payton a Super Bowl Victory for the Broncos might be on its way.
Sean Payton Coaching Carrer
Coach Sean Payton is an extremely experienced head coach who has been around the game of football since his early years. Having the experience of playing as a quarterback in the NFL has no doubt helped him in his coaching career as he knows exactly what it takes to win on the field. Sean Payton teams coached include the New Orleans Saints and the Denver Broncos as a head coach. However, overall, he has been a coach for numerous NFL and collegiate football teams in other capacities.
Payton has a career win-loss record of 160-98 as a head coach in the regular season as of the end of the 2023-24 NFL season. In the same time frame, he has guided his teams to the postseason nine times having gone all the way to win the Super Bowl once. Sean Payton coaching style is old school but quite effective even in today's game.
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A. Sean Payton is considered one of the best coaches in the entire National Football League and he is known for his ability to get the most out of his players.
A. The annual salary of Sean Payton with the Denver Broncos is $18 million.
A. Sean Payton has an estimated Net Worth of $24 million in 2024.
A. Sean Payton is 60 years old as of January 2024. He was born in San Mateo, California on Dec 29, 1963.
