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Sunseri, Vinnie
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Vinnie Sunseri
- Title:
- Safeties Coach
Vinnie Sunseri, a two-time national champion as a player, joins Coach Jedd Fisch's staff as the Huskies' safeties coach.
Sunseri comes to Seattle from the New England Patriots, where he worked alongside new UW defensive coordinator Steve Belichick for the last four years.
A safety himself at the University of Alabama and in the NFL, first joined the Patriots staff as a defensive assistant in 2019. From 2020 through 2023, he was New England's running backs coach.
In 2022, Patriots' running back Rhamondre Stevenson rushed for 1,040 yards, giving the Pats their first 1,000-yard rusher since 2016. Stevenson also caught 69 passes, fourth in the league that year by a running back, and fourth-most in club history.
In 2021, Sunseri helped guide Damien Harris to career highs in rushing yards (929) and touchdowns (15), the latter of which tied for second in the NFL.
Sunseri, the son of Sal Sunseri, a long-time college and NFL football coach and consensus All-America linebacker at Pitt in 1981, played three seasons at Alabama (2011-13), winning BCS national titles during the 2011 and 2012 seasons.
In 2014, he was selected by the New Orleans Saints in the fifth round of the NFL Draft. After two seasons with the Saints, he spent the first portion of the 2016 season with the Patriots before signing with the 49ers.
Sunseri began his coaching career at his alma mater, Alabama, as a graduate assistant, working with fellow GA and brother, Tino, and alongside his father, who was the Crimson Tide linebackers coach. Before the 2020 season, Sunseri took a job with the Patriots.
He and his wife, Kaci, were married in 2022.
COACHING HISTORY
Washington
2024-present: Safeties
New England Patriots
2021-23: Running Backs
2020: Defensive Assistant
Alabama
2019: Graduate Assistant
Sunseri comes to Seattle from the New England Patriots, where he worked alongside new UW defensive coordinator Steve Belichick for the last four years.
A safety himself at the University of Alabama and in the NFL, first joined the Patriots staff as a defensive assistant in 2019. From 2020 through 2023, he was New England's running backs coach.
In 2022, Patriots' running back Rhamondre Stevenson rushed for 1,040 yards, giving the Pats their first 1,000-yard rusher since 2016. Stevenson also caught 69 passes, fourth in the league that year by a running back, and fourth-most in club history.
In 2021, Sunseri helped guide Damien Harris to career highs in rushing yards (929) and touchdowns (15), the latter of which tied for second in the NFL.
Sunseri, the son of Sal Sunseri, a long-time college and NFL football coach and consensus All-America linebacker at Pitt in 1981, played three seasons at Alabama (2011-13), winning BCS national titles during the 2011 and 2012 seasons.
In 2014, he was selected by the New Orleans Saints in the fifth round of the NFL Draft. After two seasons with the Saints, he spent the first portion of the 2016 season with the Patriots before signing with the 49ers.
Sunseri began his coaching career at his alma mater, Alabama, as a graduate assistant, working with fellow GA and brother, Tino, and alongside his father, who was the Crimson Tide linebackers coach. Before the 2020 season, Sunseri took a job with the Patriots.
He and his wife, Kaci, were married in 2022.
COACHING HISTORY
Washington
2024-present: Safeties
New England Patriots
2021-23: Running Backs
2020: Defensive Assistant
Alabama
2019: Graduate Assistant
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