Peter Sirmon
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| Position: | Defensive coordinator & inside linebackers coach | ||||||||||||||
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| Born: | February 18, 1977 Wenatchee, Washington, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight: | 237 lb (108 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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| High school: | Walla Walla (Walla Walla, Washington) | ||||||||||||||
| College: | Oregon | ||||||||||||||
| NFL draft: | 2000 / round: 4 / pick: 128 | ||||||||||||||
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Peter Anton Sirmon (born February 18, 1977) is a former American football linebacker in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected in the 2000 NFL draft by the Tennessee Titans and played for them for his entire career from 2000 to 2006.[1] Sirmon played college football at the University of Oregon, and high school football at Walla Walla High School, where he played quarterback and safety.
Coaching career
[edit]In 2008, Sirmon became the linebackers coach at Central Washington.
He was the linebackers coach at the University of Tennessee under head coach Derek Dooley in 2010 and 2011. Sirmon worked under his Oregon defensive teammate Justin Wilcox, who had become defensive coordinator at Tennessee. He also followed Wilcox in 2012 and was named the linebackers coach at University of Washington.[2] He was brought in by Steve Sarkisian as his linebackers coach when Wilcox was hired by the University of Southern California as defensive coordinator.[3]
On January 12, 2016, Sirmon became the new defensive coordinator at Mississippi State.[4]
In January 2017, Mississippi State replaced Sirmon and hired Todd Grantham as defensive coordinator from Louisville.[5] Sirmon was then named the new defensive coordinator at the Louisville in a rare swap of coaching.[6]
Sirmon left Louisville and moved to the University of California, Berkeley in 2018, where he is the Bears' inside linebackers coach and defensive coordinator.
Prior to the 2019 season, Sirmon was named co-defensive coordinator at Cal.[7]
Alongside fellow staff member Tim DeRuyter, Sirmon was named FootballScoop's Linebacker Coach of the Year in 2019.[8]
NFL career statistics
[edit]| Legend | |
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| Bold | Career high |
Regular season
[edit]| Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | ||||||||||||
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| GP | GS | Cmb | Solo | Ast | Sck | TFL | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | FR | Yds | TD | ||
| 2000 | TEN | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | TEN | 16 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | TEN | 16 | 12 | 95 | 74 | 21 | 2.0 | 6 | 3 | 88 | 1 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | TEN | 14 | 14 | 87 | 64 | 23 | 0.0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | TEN | 14 | 13 | 69 | 46 | 23 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 0 |
| 2006 | TEN | 16 | 15 | 88 | 60 | 28 | 0.5 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 81 | 54 | 349 | 253 | 96 | 5.0 | 24 | 4 | 101 | 1 | 32 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 41 | 0 | ||
Playoffs
[edit]| Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | ||||||||||||
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| GP | GS | Cmb | Solo | Ast | Sck | TFL | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | FR | Yds | TD | ||
| 2002 | TEN | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | TEN | 2 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Personal life
[edit]Sirmon is the father of New York Jets linebacker, Jackson Sirmon and uncle of Cleveland Browns quarterback, Jacob Sirmon.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ "2000 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
- ^ Sirmon Named Linebackers Coach at Central Washington Archived May 9, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ USC football Steve Sarkisian hires linebackers coach Peter Sirmon - Los Angeles Times
- ^ MSU to hire Southern Cal's Peter Sirmon
- ^ "Miss. St. Hires Grantham as DC; Sirmon to l'Ville". January 11, 2017.
- ^ "Louisville and Mississippi State basically traded defensive coordinators". January 12, 2017.
- ^ Cal Restructures Coaching Staff
- ^ Tim DeRuyter & Peter Sirmon — 2019 FootballScoop Linebackers Coaches of the Year
- ^ Raley, Dan (October 26, 2020). "Sirmons Don't Let Family Get in the Way of Practice or the Upcoming Opener". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved May 12, 2024.
External links
[edit]- Career statistics and player information from Pro Football Reference
- California bio
- Louisville bio
- Mississippi State bio
- Oregon bio
- Tennessee bio
- USC bio