Sean McDermott, a graduate of LaSalle High School and the current head coach of the Buffalo Bills, is leading his team against the Kansas City Chiefs tonight in an NFL playoff divisional playoff game.

The winner will move on to the AFC Championship Game next week.

Coach McDermott began his NFL coaching career as an assistant for the Philadelphia Eagles in 2001, serving as defensive coordinator from 2009 to 2010, and was later the defensive coordinator of the Carolina Panthers from 2011 to 2016.

Following his six seasons with the Panthers, which included a Super Bowl appearance in Super Bowl 50, he was hired in 2017 as the Bills head coach and assumed defensive coordinator duties in 2023.

McDermott played football and wrestled during his days as an Explorer. He was named All-Southeastern Pennsylvania at defensive back in 1992 and was also a national prep champion wrestler in 1992 and 1993.

He was inducted into La Salle’s Hall of Fame in 2015. For more on McDermott, you can read the Bills’ biography of his career here.

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