# 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 at the University of Oregon, and high school football at Walla Walla High School, where he played quarterback and safety.

## Professional career

Pre-draft measurables :
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press |
| 6 ft 1+7⁄8 in (1.88 m) | 246 lb (112 kg) | 31+1⁄8 in (0.79 m) | 9+5⁄8 in (0.24 m) | 4.79 s | 1.60 s | 2.72 s | 4.27 s | 7.21 s | 34.5 in (0.88 m) | 9 ft 7 in (2.92 m) | 20 reps |
| All values from NFL Combine ||||||||||||
Sirmon was selected by the Tennessee Titans in the fourth round (128th overall) of the 2000 NFL draft.

## 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. 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 | Games | Tackles | Tackles | Tackles | Tackles | Tackles | Interceptions | Interceptions | Interceptions | Interceptions | Interceptions | Fumbles | Fumbles | Fumbles | Fumbles |
| Year | Team | 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 | Games | Tackles | Tackles | Tackles | Tackles | Tackles | Interceptions | Interceptions | Interceptions | Interceptions | Interceptions | Fumbles | Fumbles | Fumbles | Fumbles |
| Year | Team | 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.