American football player and coach (born 1977)
American football player
Peter Sirmon Position: Defensive coordinator , inside linebackers coachBorn: (1977-02-18 ) February 18, 1977 (age 47) Wenatchee, Washington , U.S.Height: 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Weight: 237 lb (108 kg) High school: Walla Walla (Walla Walla, Washington )College: Oregon NFL draft: 2000 / Round: 4 / Pick: 128
Central Washington (2008) Linebackers coach
Oregon (2009) Graduate assistant
Tennessee (2010) Graduate assistant
Tennessee (2011) Linebackers coach
Washington (2012) Linebackers coach
Washington (2013) Linebackers coach & recruiting coordinator
USC (2014–2015) Associate head coach, linebackers coach & recruiting coordinator
Mississippi State (2016) Defensive coordinator & linebackers coach
Louisville (2017) Defensive coordinator & outside linebackers coach
California (2018) Associate head coach & inside linebackers coach
California (2019) Associate head coach, co-defensive coordinator, inside linebackers coach & recruiting coordinator
California (2020–present) Defensive coordinator, inside linebackers coach & recruiting coordinator
Player stats at PFR
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
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
Regular season
Year
Team
Games
Tackles
Interceptions
Fumbles
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
Year
Team
Games
Tackles
Interceptions
Fumbles
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
Sirmon is the father of New York Jets linebacker, Jackson Sirmon and uncle of Cleveland Browns quarterback, Jacob Sirmon .[9]
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