Peter Sirmon

Peter Anton Sirmon (born February 18, 1977) is an American football coach and former professional linebacker who currently serves as the linebackers coach for the New Orleans Saints of 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. Sirmon played college football for the Oregon Ducks, and high school football at Walla Walla High School, where he played quarterback and safety.

Professional career

Sirmon was selected by the Tennessee Titans in the fourth round (128th overall) of the 2000 NFL draft. He was brought in by Steve Sarkisian as his linebackers coach when Wilcox was hired by the University of Southern California as defensive coordinator.

On January 12, 2016, Sirmon became the new defensive coordinator at Mississippi State.

In January 2017, Mississippi State replaced Sirmon and hired Todd Grantham as defensive coordinator from Louisville. Sirmon was then named the new defensive coordinator at the University of Louisville resulting in a swap of defensive coordinators.

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.

Alongside fellow staff member Tim DeRuyter, Sirmon was named FootballScoop's Linebacker Coach of the Year in 2019.

On February 25, 2025, the New Orleans Saints hired Sirmon to serve as their linebackers coach.

NFL career statistics Legend Bold Career high

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.