Sean Desai Biography

Sean Desai is a standout in the coaching world. Desai most recently served as the defensive coordinator for the Philadelphia Eagles in 2023. 

Desai had a tremendous rise in the coaching ranks after being originally hired as a defensive quality control coach with the Chicago Bears in 2013. After six seasons in that role, he was promoted to safeties coach in 2019 and then defensive coordinator in 2021. With that new position, Desai became the first person of Indian descent to become a coordinator in the NFL.  

Desai originally got his coaching start at his alma mater Shelton (Conn.) High School, serving as assistant defensive coordinator, defensive backs and wide receivers coach for the freshman squad from 2001-04. He jumped to college football while getting his doctorate and also serving as a teacher at Temple.  After spending five seasons at Temple (2006-10) as a defensive and special teams coach, Desai was the assistant director of football operations at the University of Miami. 

Before the move to the NFL, he was the running backs coach/special teams coordinator at Boston College. In 2012, the Eagles led the NCAA in punt returns averaging 21.7 yards per return (282 yards and one touchdown on 13 returns). That season, Desai also coached Boston College running back Andre Williams who went on to win the Doak Walker Award as the nation’s top running back a year later.

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