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Patrick Surtain

Surtain with the Kansas City Chiefs in 2007
Florida State Seminoles
Position:	Defensive backs coach
Personal information
Born:	(1976-06-19) June 19, 1976 (age 48) New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Height:	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight:	195 lb (88 kg)
Career information
High school:	Edna Karr (New Orleans)
College:	Southern Miss
NFL Draft:	1998 / Round: 2 / Pick: 44
Career history
As player:
Miami Dolphins (1998–2004) Kansas City Chiefs (2005–2008)
As coach:
American Heritage HS (FL) (2013–2014) Defensive backs coach American Heritage HS (FL) (2015) Defensive coordinator American Heritage HS (FL) (2016–2021) Head coach Miami Dolphins (2022) Defensive assistant Florida State (2023–present) Defensive backs coach
Career highlights and awards
First-team All-Pro (2002) Second-team All-Pro (2003) 3× Pro Bowl (2002–2004) Third-team All-American (1997) C-USA Defensive Player of the Year (1997)
Career NFL statistics
Total tackles: 538 Sacks: 7.5 Forced fumbles: 7 Fumble recoveries: 7 Interceptions: 37 Defensive touchdowns: 2
Player stats at PFR

Patrick Frank Surtain Sr. (/sərˈtæn/ SƏR-tan; born June 19, 1976) is an American football coach and former professional player who was a cornerback for 11 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He is the defensive backs coach for Florida State University, a position he has held since 2023. He played college football for the Southern Miss Golden Eagles. He was selected by the Miami Dolphins in the second round of the 1998 NFL draft, and also played for the Kansas City Chiefs.

Early years

Surtain attended high school at Edna Karr High School in New Orleans, where he completed 44 of 97 passes for 753 yards with seven touchdowns and rushed 137 times for 784 yards with 12 touchdowns as a quarterback. He also played baseball and ran track, and was also a member of the state title basketball and football teams in his senior year.

College career

Surtain attended the University of Southern Mississippi, where he was a four-year letterman and two-year starter. In his junior year, Surtain started all 11 games and accumulated 84 tackles, 8 passes defended and six interceptions.

Professional career

Miami Dolphins

Surtain was drafted by the Miami Dolphins in the second round of the 1998 NFL draft with the 44th overall pick. He played for the Dolphins from 1998 to 2004 and was selected to the Pro Bowl three times in 2002, 2003, and 2004. He finished with 344 tackles, 6.5 sacks, and 29 interceptions in 108 career games with the Dolphins.

Patrick Surtain (left) with Ty Law at the Chiefs' 2007 mini-camp.

Kansas City Chiefs

In April 2005, the Dolphins traded Surtain to the Kansas City Chiefs for a second round pick in the 2005 NFL draft. After the trade the Chiefs re-signed him to a seven-year $50.8 million deal.

Surtain was released by the Chiefs on February 24, 2009. He finished his career with the team with 192 tackles, one sack, and eight interceptions in 55 games.

Coaching career

Miami Dolphins

Surtain was hired as a defensive assistant coach for the Miami Dolphins on February 18, 2022.

Florida State Seminoles

Surtain was hired as the defensive backs coach for the Florida State Seminoles on January 10, 2023.

NFL career statistics

Regular season

Personal life

In 2016, Surtain became head coach at American Heritage School. His son, Patrick Surtain II, who played for him at American Heritage, was one of the top-ranked high school football players of the class of 2018 and played college football for the Alabama Crimson Tide. Like his father, Patrick II plays cornerback, and was drafted No. 9 overall in the 2021 NFL draft by the Denver Broncos. He is married to Michelle Surtain (née Webster) and has 3 children, Patrick II, Paris, and Parker.

Head coaching record