Pat Sperduto
| No. 65 Kansas City Chiefs | |
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| Position: | Offensive lineman / defensive lineman |
| Personal information | |
| Date of birth: | October 14, 1966 |
| Place of birth: | Somerville, Massachusetts |
| Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Weight: | 265 lb (120 kg) |
| Career information | |
| College: | UMass Boston |
| Undrafted: | 1990 |
| Career history | |
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| Head coaching record | |
| Regular season: | 48–41–1 |
| Postseason: | 5–4 |
| Career: | 53–45–1 |
| Player stats at ArenaFan.com | |
Pat Sperduto (born October 14, 1966) is an American football coach and executive. He is currently 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.
Sperduto attended the UMass Boston. While there, he was both a fullback and linebacker. He earned All-New England Conference honors from 1987-1989.
Sperduto was an Offensive lineman / Defensive lineman for the Tampa Bay Storm from 1991 until 1993. While playing for Tampa Bay, he won two ArenaBowls. For his career, he recorded 24 tackles, three sacks, two forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries.
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.
Sperduto joined the Storm as an assistant coach in 1994 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 1997, he served as defensive coordinator and the Director of Player Personnel. and was promoted to Assistant Head coach/Defensive coordinator in 1998. At the end of that season, he was named head coach of the Kats and coached them to an 8-6 record in 1999. The next season the team finished 9-5 and earned a spot in ArenaBowl XIV. Then in 2001, 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.
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