Sean McDermott
Sean McDermott was born on March 21, 1974, in Omaha, and is a citizen of the United States. His secondary education took him through two institutions: La Salle College High School and North Penn High School. These years of schooling formed part of the background that preceded his entry into American football, a sport that would come to define his professional life across multiple roles.
McDermott's engagement with American football has encompassed both playing and coaching. He is identified as an American football player as well as an American football coach, a dual designation that points to a career path moving through different capacities within the sport. The available record does not elaborate on the specific details of his time as a player, but his development into a coaching role represents a defining turn in his professional identity.
His work as an American football coach marks the more prominent dimension of his career. Born in Omaha in 1974 and educated at La Salle College High School and North Penn High School, McDermott pursued a course that carried him from his early schooling years into sustained professional involvement with American football, ultimately taking on the responsibilities of a coach within the sport.
Quotes by Sean McDermott
Coming to Buffalo three years, two and a half years ago, whatever it's been a lot of people said, 'Why are you going there? You're not going to be able to get it turned around.' But we got it turned around, with a lot of work yet to do.
What happens in college is every year, or every two years, sometimes every three, you get a new flock of graduate assistants that come in even though the head coach remains the same.
Regardless of what you do, or who you have, at the end of the day you have to be able to execute better than the defense does in order to score points.
This game in a lot of ways, isn't that complex. You bring energy to the table and you've got a chance. You bring fundamentals to the table and you've got a chance. It's not always about scheme and all that magic-behind-the-curtain stuff.
Coach Wilks really embraces that growth mindset and trying to learn and grow every day so he's a good fundamental teacher. He understands the passing game which is important when you coach as a defensive coordinator and also as a secondary coach like he has, so he's one of the top-notch coaches in our business.
I was the security guard that got stationed directly outside the Eagles locker room or on the field. I don't even know what I did. But there was Jon Gruden, Ray Rhodes, Emmitt Thomas, Danny Smith, all those guys that are legends of the game.
There's a lot of 'who you know' in this business, and I don't think I skipped a step on the journey.