Pat Sperduto Pat Sperduto is an American football coach and executive who was the final head coach of the Columbus Destroyers of the Arena Football League as well as 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 line man / Defensive line man for the Tampa Bay Storm from until . While playing for Tampa Bay , he won two ArenaBowl s . 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 ) . Sperduto joined the Storm as an assistant coach in and helped them win the ArenaBowl in 1995 . The next season he served as defensive coordinator for the Connecticut Coyotes . He then joined the Nashville Kats where , in , he served as defensive coordinator and the Director of Player Personnel . and was promoted to Assistant Head coach / Defensive coordinator in . At the end of that season , he was named head coach of the Kats and coached them to an 8 - 6 record in . The next season the team finished 9 - 5 and earned a spot in ArenaBowl XIV . Then in , the Kats finished 10 - 5 and won the National Conference Southern Division and earned a spot in another ArenaBowl losing a second time . After the season , the franchise was sold to Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank and moved to Georgia and 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 , he was charged to oversee the startup process of a new AFL franchise to be placed in Nashville . Arena Football League ( 2005 – present ) . In , 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 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 ) . 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 . Personal . Sperduto and his wife , Laura , reside in Brentwood , Tennessee , with their son Cosmo , and daughters Roseann and Sofia .