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词条 Pat Sperduto
释义

  1. College career

  2. Professional playing career

  3. Professional coaching career

     Early career  Arena Football League (1995–2001){{anchor|Arena Football League (1995-2001)}}  National Football League  Arena Football League (2005–2008){{anchor|Arena Football League (2005-present)}}  National Football League (2009–present){{anchor|National Football League (2009-present)}} 

  4. Broadcasting

  5. Famous quotes

  6. Personal life

  7. References

  8. External links

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}{{Infobox NFL player
| name = Pat Sperduto
| image =
| image_size =
| alt =
| caption =
| current_team = Kansas City Chiefs
| number = 65
| position = Offensive lineman / defensive lineman
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1966|10|14}}
| birth_place = Somerville, Massachusetts
| death_date =
| death_place =
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 2
| weight_lbs = 265
| college = UMass Boston
| undraftedyear = 1990
| pastteams =
  • BC Lions ({{CFL Year|1990}})
  • Tampa Bay Storm ({{AFL Year|1991}}–{{AFL Year|1993}})

| pastcoaching =
  • Murray State (1991)
    (Assistant coach)
  • Tampa Bay Storm ({{AFL Year|1994}}–{{AFL Year|1995}})
    (Assistant coach)
  • Connecticut Coyotes ({{AFL Year|1996}})
    (Defensive coordinator)
  • Nashville Kats ({{AFL Year|1997}})
    (Defensive coordinator)
  • Nashville Kats ({{AFL Year|1998}})
    (Assistant head coach/Defensive coordinator)
  • Nashville Kats ({{AFL Year|1999}}–{{AFL Year|2001}})
    (Head coach)
  • Nashville Kats ({{AFL Year|2005}}–{{AFL Year|2007}})
    (Head coach)
  • Columbus Destroyers (2009)
    (Head coach)

| pastexecutive =
  • Tennessee Titans ({{NFL Year|2002}}–{{NFL Year|2004}})
    (Scout)
  • Kansas City Chiefs (2009–present)
    (Scout)

| highlights =
  • 3× All-NEC (1987–1989)
  • 3× ArenaBowl champion (V, VII, IX)

| coachregrecord = 48–41–1
| coachplayoffrecord = 5–4
| coachrecord = 53–45–1
| afl = 1514
}}

Pat Sperduto (born October 14, 1966) is an American football coach and executive. He is currently a scout for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League. Sperduto played his entire three-year Arena career as an active player with Tampa Bay Storm, and was also the final head coach of the Nashville Kats.

College career

Sperduto attended the UMass Boston. While there, he was both a fullback and linebacker. He earned All-New England Conference honors from 1987-1989.

Professional playing career

Sperduto was an Offensive lineman / Defensive lineman for the Tampa Bay Storm from {{AFL Year|1991}} until {{AFL Year|1993}}. While playing for Tampa Bay, he won two ArenaBowls. For his career, he recorded 24 tackles, three sacks, two forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries.

Professional coaching career

Early career

While playing for the Storm, Sperduto also served as a coach at Murray State University, along with National Football League General Manager Scott Pioli. Then, in 1992, Sperduto took over football operations for the American Sports Foundation of Macelatta in Tolentino, Italy.

Arena Football League (1995–2001){{anchor|Arena Football League (1995-2001)}}

Sperduto joined the Storm as an assistant coach in {{AFL Year|1994}} and helped them win ArenaBowl IX. The next season, he served as defensive coordinator for the Connecticut Coyotes. He then joined the Nashville Kats where, in {{AFL Year|1997}}, he served as defensive coordinator and the Director of Player Personnel. and was promoted to Assistant Head coach/Defensive coordinator in {{AFL Year|1998}}.

At the end of that season, Spurduto was named head coach of the Kats and coached them to an 8-6 record in {{AFL Year|1999}}. Then in {{AFL Year|2000}} the team finished 9-5 and earned a spot in ArenaBowl XIV. In {{AFL Year|2001}}, the Kats finished 10-4, won the National Conference Southern Division, and punched their ticket to ArenaBowl XV, losing for a second time in a row in the AFL World Championship Game.

After the season, the franchise was sold to Virgil Williams, an Atlanta businessman,[1] who purchased the franchise for nearly $10 million in December 2001, where he moved them to Georgia, to became the Georgia Force.

National Football League

Sperduto was hired by the Tennessee Titans in September 2001, and served on the coaching and scouting staffs until June 2008. While working for the Titans, in {{NFL Year|2004}}, he was charged to oversee the startup process of a new AFL franchise to be placed in Nashville.

Arena Football League (2005–2008){{anchor|Arena Football League (2005-present)}}

In {{AFL Year|2005}}, Sperduto returned to coaching in the Arena Football League as Head coach and Director of football operations for the "new" Nashville Kats franchise. That season, the Kats went 6-9-1 and finished third in the Central Division. The next season the team went 8-8 en route to a second-place finish in the division and spot in the playoffs. The {{AFL Year|2007}} season saw Nashville go 7-9 and miss the playoffs by one game. After the season, the team folded, once again.

On June 15, 2008, he was hired as the fourth head coach of the Columbus Destroyers. However, the 2009 AFL season was cancelled due to economic concerns regarding the league.

National Football League (2009–present){{anchor|National Football League (2009-present)}}

On May 1, 2009, Sperduto was hired by his friend, Pioli, as a scout for the Kansas City Chiefs.

Broadcasting

Sperduto has also done some broadcasting work, acting as a color analyst for high school and college football games on local Middle Tennessee television, as well as the Tennessee Titans.

Famous quotes

  • "Get theirs. Protect yours. Put W's on the board."[2]
  • "He got his P.H.D. Poor, Hungry, and Desperate."

Personal life

Sperduto and his wife, Laura, reside in Brentwood, Tennessee, with their son Cosmo, and daughters Roseann and Sofia.

References

1. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/kats-move-to-atlanta-adams-buys-new-team/n-2708470 |title=Kats move to Atlanta, Adams buys new team |date=September 22, 2001 |publisher=OurSports Central |work=www.oursportscentral.com |accessdate=July 19, 2017}}
2. ^http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x658sq_destroyers-hire-pat-sperduto_sport

External links

  • UMass Boston profile
  • Pat Sperduto coaching record at ArenaFan
  • Pat Sperduto player stats at ArenaFan
{{ArenaBowl V}}{{ArenaBowl VII}}{{Nashville Kats}}{{Columbus Destroyers}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Sperduto, Pat}}

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