# Patrick Surtain

Patrick Frank Surtain Sr. (/sərˈtæn/ sər-TAN; born June 19, 1976) is an American football coach and former professional player who was a cornerback for 11 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He is the defensive backs coach for Florida State University, a position he has held since 2023. He played college football for the Southern Miss Golden Eagles. He was selected by the Miami Dolphins in the second round of the 1998 NFL draft, and also played for the Kansas City Chiefs.

## Early years

Surtain attended high school at Edna Karr High School in New Orleans, where he completed 44 of 97 passes for 753 yards with seven touchdowns and rushed 137 times for 784 yards with 12 touchdowns as a quarterback. He also played baseball and ran track, and was also a member of the state title basketball and football teams in his senior year.

## College career

Surtain attended the University of Southern Mississippi, where he was a four-year letterman and two-year starter. In his junior year, Surtain started all 11 games and accumulated 84 tackles, 8 passes defended and six interceptions.

## Professional career
### Miami Dolphins

Surtain was drafted by the Miami Dolphins in the second round of the 1998 NFL draft with the 44th overall pick. He played for the Dolphins from 1998 to 2004 and was selected to the Pro Bowl three times in 2002, 2003, and 2004. He finished with 344 tackles, 6.5 sacks, and 29 interceptions in 108 career games with the Dolphins.

### Kansas City Chiefs

In April 2005, the Dolphins traded Surtain to the Kansas City Chiefs for a second round pick in the 2005 NFL draft. After the trade the Chiefs re-signed him to a seven-year $50.8 million deal.
Surtain was released by the Chiefs on February 24, 2009. He finished his career with the team with 192 tackles, one sack, and eight interceptions in 55 games.

## Coaching career
### Miami Dolphins

Surtain was hired as a defensive assistant coach for the Miami Dolphins on February 18, 2022.

### Florida State Seminoles

Surtain was hired as the defensive backs coach for the Florida State Seminoles on January 10, 2023.

## NFL career statistics

Legend :
| Bold | Career high |

### Regular season

| Year | Team | GP | Tackles | Tackles | Tackles | Tackles | Fumbles | Fumbles | Fumbles | Interceptions | Interceptions | Interceptions | Interceptions | Interceptions | Interceptions |
| Year | Team | GP | Cmb | Solo | Ast | Sck | FF | FR | Yds | Int | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | PD |
| 1998 | MIA | 16 | 30 | 23 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 1999 | MIA | 16 | 39 | 32 | 7 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 14 | 28 | 0 | 5 |
| 2000 | MIA | 16 | 52 | 42 | 10 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 55 | 11 | 43 | 0 | 21 |
| 2001 | MIA | 16 | 53 | 43 | 10 | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 74 | 25 | 41 | 1 | 16 |
| 2002 | MIA | 14 | 59 | 40 | 19 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 79 | 13 | 40 | 1 | 11 |
| 2003 | MIA | 15 | 53 | 34 | 19 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 59 | 8 | 32 | 0 | 13 |
| 2004 | MIA | 15 | 58 | 40 | 18 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
| 2005 | KC | 15 | 57 | 47 | 10 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 57 | 14 | 53 | 0 | 13 |
| 2006 | KC | 16 | 68 | 60 | 8 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2007 | KC | 16 | 58 | 50 | 8 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 23 | 0 | 6 |
| 2008 | KC | 8 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 0 | 3 |
| Career | Career | 163 | 538 | 422 | 116 | 7.5 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 37 | 430 | 12 | 53 | 2 | 113 |

## Personal life

In 2016, Surtain became head coach at American Heritage School. His son, Patrick Surtain II, who played for him at American Heritage, was one of the top-ranked high school football players of the class of 2018 and played college football for the Alabama Crimson Tide. Like his father, Patrick II plays cornerback, and was drafted No. 9 overall in the 2021 NFL draft by the Denver Broncos, where he won Defensive Player of the Year for the 2024-25 season. He is married to Michelle Surtain (née Webster) and has 3 children, Patrick II, Paris, and Parker.

## Head coaching record

| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing |
| American Heritage Patriots (2016–2021) ||||||
| 2016 | American Heritage | 14–0 | 5–0 | 1st |
| 2017 | American Heritage | 14–0 | 5–0 | 1st |
| 2018 | American Heritage | 11–2 | 4–1 | 2nd |
| 2019 | American Heritage | 10–2 | 0–0 | 1st |
| 2020 | American Heritage | 11–2 | 0–0 | 3rd |
| 2021 | American Heritage | 6–4 | 3–0 | 1st |
| American Heritage: | American Heritage: | 66–10 | 17–1 | |
| Total: | Total: | 66–10 | | |
| National championship  Conference title  Conference division title or championship game berth ||||||