Indiana State Sycamores Football Coaches - Sean Payton, Marty Fine, Adrian White, Dick Jamieson, Tom Harp (Paperback)

Chapters: Sean Payton, Marty Fine, Adrian White, Dick Jamieson, Tom Harp. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 22. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Patrick Sean Payton (born December 29, 1963 in San Mateo, California) is the head coach of the New Orleans Saints. He was previously the quarterbacks coach and later assistant head coach of the Dallas Cowboys until being hired by the Saints on January 17, 2006. On January 6, 2007, after the 2006 NFL season, his first with the Saints, he was chosen as the recipient of the AP NFL Coach of the Year Award, obtaining 44 out of 50 votes for the honor. He was also honored as Motorola's NFL Coach of the Year Award, as selected by NFL.com voters. Payton was raised in Naperville, Illinois by parents Jeanne and Thomas Payton. He has an older brother, Tom, an older sister, Patrice and a younger sister, Molly. He lived in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania during his grade school and middle school years. Sean attended Naperville Central High School in Naperville, IL, starting as quarterback his senior year before graduating in 1982. He then had a successful career playing quarterback at Eastern Illinois University, leading the Panthers to an 112 record and the quarter-finals of the Division I-AA Playoffs in 1986; while at EIU, he became a member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity. The Panthers, under Payton's lead, were called Eastern Airlines during this time because of their passing game, typically in which Payton would throw for 300 to even 500 yards per game. He followed Jeff Christensen who was drafted by the Bengals and had a brief NFL career. In 1987, he played quarterback for the Chicago Bruisers during the inaugural season of the Arena Football League. He was also a member of the Chicago Bears squad of replacement players during the 1987 NFL players strike...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=375601