Football
Sunseri, Sal
vs
Wyoming
Sep 20 (Sat)
8:15 p.m.
Sal Sunseri
- Title:
- Assistant Coach/Defensive Tackles
Sal Sunseri, a veteran coach of almost 40 seasons, was named the defensive tackles coach on March 9, 2023, by Deion “Coach Prime” Sanders.
Sunseri joined the Buffs from Alabama, where he served as a Senior Special Assistant to Head Coach Nick Saban for the past four seasons while working with the outside linebackers, while also working closely with CU defensive coordinator Charles Kelly on that staff.
In all, Sunseri has 38 years of coaching experience, including 10 in the NFL and 26 at the Power 5 level in college football. His most recent stint at Alabama was his second, having also coached there from 2009-11, helping the 2011 Crimson Tide defense become one of the best in college football history.
Between Alabama stints, he was the defensive coordinator at Tennessee from 2011-12 and then as the defensive line coach and then the defensive head coach for Jimbo Fisher at Florida State in 2013-14, when the Seminoles combined for a 28-1 record and 2013 National Championship. He also spent three seasons with the Oakland Raiders (2015-17) and one at Florida (2018) before returning to Alabama.
Prior to his first stint in Tuscaloosa, he had his first NFL job with the Carolina Panthers from 2002-08 after coaching for Saban at LSU in 2000 and spending the 2001 season at LSU.
He began his coaching career at his alma mater Pittsburgh in 1985 with the defensive line working his way up to assistant head coach in 1992. He was the defensive coordinator at Iowa Wesleyan in 1993, Illinois state in 1994 and then coached linebackers at Louisville from 1995-97. He spent the 1998-99 seasons at Alabama A&M before connecting with Saban at LSU in 2000.
He began as a walk-on at Pitt in 1978 and ended his career there as a team captain and consensus All-American in 1981. He was drafted in the 10th round by the Pittsburgh Steelers but his pro career was cut short by a knee injury. He earned his bachelor’s degree in communication from Pittsburgh in 1982.
He is married to the former Roxann Evans, who was a varsity gymnast at Pittsburgh. The couple has two children, Jaclyn and Ashlyn, and two sons, Santino and Vinnie, who are both football coaches, Santino the quarterbacks coach at James Madison and Vinnie the running backs coach for the New England Patriots.
Sunseri joined the Buffs from Alabama, where he served as a Senior Special Assistant to Head Coach Nick Saban for the past four seasons while working with the outside linebackers, while also working closely with CU defensive coordinator Charles Kelly on that staff.
In all, Sunseri has 38 years of coaching experience, including 10 in the NFL and 26 at the Power 5 level in college football. His most recent stint at Alabama was his second, having also coached there from 2009-11, helping the 2011 Crimson Tide defense become one of the best in college football history.
Between Alabama stints, he was the defensive coordinator at Tennessee from 2011-12 and then as the defensive line coach and then the defensive head coach for Jimbo Fisher at Florida State in 2013-14, when the Seminoles combined for a 28-1 record and 2013 National Championship. He also spent three seasons with the Oakland Raiders (2015-17) and one at Florida (2018) before returning to Alabama.
Prior to his first stint in Tuscaloosa, he had his first NFL job with the Carolina Panthers from 2002-08 after coaching for Saban at LSU in 2000 and spending the 2001 season at LSU.
He began his coaching career at his alma mater Pittsburgh in 1985 with the defensive line working his way up to assistant head coach in 1992. He was the defensive coordinator at Iowa Wesleyan in 1993, Illinois state in 1994 and then coached linebackers at Louisville from 1995-97. He spent the 1998-99 seasons at Alabama A&M before connecting with Saban at LSU in 2000.
He began as a walk-on at Pitt in 1978 and ended his career there as a team captain and consensus All-American in 1981. He was drafted in the 10th round by the Pittsburgh Steelers but his pro career was cut short by a knee injury. He earned his bachelor’s degree in communication from Pittsburgh in 1982.
He is married to the former Roxann Evans, who was a varsity gymnast at Pittsburgh. The couple has two children, Jaclyn and Ashlyn, and two sons, Santino and Vinnie, who are both football coaches, Santino the quarterbacks coach at James Madison and Vinnie the running backs coach for the New England Patriots.
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