Sal Sunseri

Sal Sunseri

Oakland Raiders
Position:	Linebackers coach
Personal information
Date of birth:	(1959-08-01) August 1, 1959 (age 57)
Career information
College:	Pittsburgh
Career history
As coach:
Pittsburgh (1985–1992) Defensive line coach & Linebackers coach Pittsburgh (1992) Assistant head coach & Interim head coach Iowa Wesleyan (1993) Assistant head coach, defensive coordinator, special teams coach Illinois State (1994) Defensive coordinator Louisville (1995–1997) Linebackers coach Alabama A&M (1998–1999) Defensive coordinator & Linebackers coach Louisiana State (2000) Linebackers coach & Special teams coach Michigan State (2001) Linebackers coach & Special teams coach Carolina Panthers (2002–2008) Defensive line coach Alabama (2009–2011) Assistant head coach & Linebackers coach Tennessee (2012) Defensive coordinator Florida State (2013–2014) Defensive ends coach Oakland Raiders (2015–present) Linebackers coach
Head coaching record
Regular season:	NCAA: 0–1 (.000)

Sal Sunseri (born August 1, 1959) is an American college and professional football coach. He is currently the linebackers coach for the Oakland Raiders of the National Football League (NFL). Sunseri played college football for the University of Pittsburgh, where he was an All-American linebacker.

Sunseri attended the University of Pittsburgh, where he played for the Pittsburgh Panthers football team from 1978 to 1981. After beginning his career as a walk-on, Sunseri was a three-year starter and anchored a defense that led the NCAA in total defense in both 1980 and 1981. During his senior year, he was named a team captain and a consensus first-team All-American.

After graduating, he was selected by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 1982 NFL Draft; however, he suffered a career ending knee injury during training camp and was given an injury settlement and released from the team.

Between 1985 and 1992, Sunseri worked as a defensive line and linebacker's coach for his alma mater, the University of Pittsburgh. After Paul Hackett was fired as the team's head coach during Pittsburgh's 1992 season, Sunseri was promoted as an interim head coach for the final game versus Hawaiʻi—a 36–23 loss for the Panthers.

After having previously worked as the defensive line coach for the NFL's Carolina Panthers for six seasons, Sunseri returned to college football on January 21, 2009, when he was named as the outside linebackers coach for the Alabama Crimson Tide football team. Sunseri was a 2011 finalist for the Broyles Award, given annually to the nation's top college football assistant coach. In January 2012, days after winning his second national championship with Alabama, Sunseri left to join Derek Dooley's staff at Tennessee as the defensive coordinator.

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