Sean Desai

Assistant

Team: CINType: DefensiveTenure: 1 year (2025-2026)

HC Record: 9-8 (since 2016)

Coaching Timeline

Why does coaching matter?

CFB

Temple

Defense

2006-105 yrs

CFB

Miami (FL)

Asst. Director of Football Operations

20111 yr

CFB

Boston College

Running Backs

20121 yr

Chicago Bears

Defensive Quality Control

2013-186 yrs

Chicago Bears

Safeties

2018-203 yrs

Chicago Bears

Defensive Coordinator

20211 yr

Seattle Seahawks

Associate Head Coach-Defense

20221 yr

Philadelphia Eagles

Defensive Coordinator

20231 yr

Los Angeles Rams

Senior Defensive Asst.

20241 yr

Cincinnati Bengals

Senior Defensive Asst.

20251 yr

Team Info

Season	Role	Team	Record	HC	OC	DC	QB1	QB2	RB1	WR/TE 1	WR/TE 2
2025	Senior Defensive Asst.	CIN	6-11	Zac Taylor	Dan Pitcher	Al Golden	Joe Flacco(10.75)	Joe Burrow(7.25)	Chase Brown(17.00)	Ja'Marr Chase(15.75)	Tee Higgins(14.75)
2024	Senior Defensive Asst.	LA	10-7	Sean McVay	Mike LaFleur	Chris Shula	Matthew Stafford(16.00)	Jimmy Garoppolo(1.00)	Kyren Williams(16.00)	Puka Nacua(10.00)	Cooper Kupp(11.50)
2023	Defensive Coordinator	PHI	11-6	Nick Sirianni	Brian Johnson	Sean Desai	Jalen Hurts(16.50)	Marcus Mariota(1.25)	D'Andre Swift(15.50)	A.J. Brown(16.25)	DeVonta Smith(16.00)
2022	Other Notable Asst.	SEA	9-8	Pete Carroll	Shane Waldron	Clint Hurtt	Geno Smith(17.00)	—	Kenneth Walker III(14.25)	Tyler Lockett(15.75)	DK Metcalf(16.25)
2021	Defensive Coordinator	CHI	6-11	Matt Nagy	Bill Lazor	Sean Desai	Justin Fields(11.50)	Andy Dalton(6.25)	David Montgomery(13.00)	Darnell Mooney(17.00)	Cole Kmet(17.00)

Coach Impact

Percentiles

Chicago Bears (2021)

Defensive Coordinator(Promoted — was Defensive Quality Control here)

Promoted within team — delta reflects year-over-year change

	Before (2020)	First Year (2021)	Delta
DEFENSE
EPA	0.005⁵¹	0.028³⁴	▲ +0.023⁴¹
Succ%	41.8%⁷¹	44.2%⁴²	▲ +2.4%²¹
RZ P/V	5.2³³	5.0⁵⁸	▼ -0.2⁶⁸
3&Out%	34.3%⁷⁶	28.9%³⁴	▼ -5.4%¹⁹
TO Rate	1.5%¹⁹	1.5%²¹	0.0%⁴⁹
Pass EPA	0.071³⁷	0.046⁵⁰	▼ -0.025⁵⁶
Rush EPA	-0.103⁷⁰	0.000¹⁵	▲ +0.103¹¹
YAC OEX	0.28⁷⁵	0.52⁴²	▲ +0.24²⁶
xRY	4.17³⁴	4.30¹⁹	▲ +0.13³⁴
RYOE	0.12⁴⁵	0.20³⁹	▲ +0.08⁴⁴

Philadelphia Eagles (2023)

Defensive Coordinator

	Before (2022)	First Year (2023)	Delta
DEFENSE
EPA	-0.056⁸⁰	0.058²¹	▲ +0.114⁹
Succ%	43.3%⁵⁵	44.5%³⁷	▲ +1.2%³⁵
RZ P/V	4.8⁷⁹	5.3³¹	▲ +0.5¹⁷
3&Out%	32.8%⁶³	27.5%²³	▼ -5.3%²⁰
TO Rate	2.5%⁸⁵	1.4%¹¹	▼ -1.1%⁵
Pass EPA	-0.087⁹³	0.083³²	▲ +0.170⁴
Rush EPA	-0.024²⁵	-0.021²⁴	▲ +0.003⁵²
YAC OEX	0.10⁹¹	0.44⁵⁴	▲ +0.34²¹
xRY	4.08⁴⁴	4.05⁴⁸	▼ -0.03⁶³
RYOE	0.27³⁴	-0.26⁸⁹	▼ -0.52⁸⁷

Core Efficiency - Defensive

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Pass/Rush Splits - Defensive

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Year	Role	Team	% Pass	Pass EPA	Pass Succ%	Pass SOS	xYAC OEX	YAC OEX	% RB Rush	Rush EPA	Rush Succ%	Rush SOS	xRY	RYOE	% QB Rush	QB Rush EPA
2023	Defensive Coordinator	PHI	64.3%	0.083	45.8%	0.015	0.01	0.44	30.7%	-0.021	40.3%	0.015	4.05	-0.26	4.9%	0.491
2021	Defensive Coordinator	CHI	53.9%	0.046	45.2%	0.018	0.18	0.52	41.9%	0.000	42.6%	0.011	4.30	0.20	4.3%	0.235

Season

Role

Team

Record

QB1

QB2

RB1

WR/TE 1

WR/TE 2

2025

Senior Defensive Asst.

6-11

Joe Flacco(10.75)

Joe Burrow(7.25)

Chase Brown(17.00)

Ja'Marr Chase(15.75)

Tee Higgins(14.75)

2024

Senior Defensive Asst.

10-7

Sean McVay

Mike LaFleur

Chris Shula

Matthew Stafford(16.00)

Jimmy Garoppolo(1.00)

Kyren Williams(16.00)

Puka Nacua(10.00)

Cooper Kupp(11.50)

2023

Defensive Coordinator

11-6

Jalen Hurts(16.50)

Marcus Mariota(1.25)

D'Andre Swift(15.50)

A.J. Brown(16.25)

DeVonta Smith(16.00)

2022

Other Notable Asst.

9-8

Geno Smith(17.00)

—

Kenneth Walker III(14.25)

Tyler Lockett(15.75)

DK Metcalf(16.25)

2021

Defensive Coordinator

6-11

Justin Fields(11.50)

Andy Dalton(6.25)

David Montgomery(13.00)

Darnell Mooney(17.00)

Cole Kmet(17.00)

	Before (2020)	First Year (2021)	Delta
DEFENSE
EPA	0.005⁵¹	0.028³⁴	▲ +0.023⁴¹
Succ%	41.8%⁷¹	44.2%⁴²	▲ +2.4%²¹
RZ P/V	5.2³³	5.0⁵⁸	▼ -0.2⁶⁸
3&Out%	34.3%⁷⁶	28.9%³⁴	▼ -5.4%¹⁹
TO Rate	1.5%¹⁹	1.5%²¹	0.0%⁴⁹
Pass EPA	0.071³⁷	0.046⁵⁰	▼ -0.025⁵⁶
Rush EPA	-0.103⁷⁰	0.000¹⁵	▲ +0.103¹¹
YAC OEX	0.28⁷⁵	0.52⁴²	▲ +0.24²⁶
xRY	4.17³⁴	4.30¹⁹	▲ +0.13³⁴
RYOE	0.12⁴⁵	0.20³⁹	▲ +0.08⁴⁴

Before (2020)

First Year (2021)

Delta

DEFENSE

EPA

0.005⁵¹

0.028³⁴

▲ +0.023⁴¹

Succ%

41.8%⁷¹

44.2%⁴²

▲ +2.4%²¹

RZ P/V

5.2³³

5.0⁵⁸

▼ -0.2⁶⁸

3&Out%

34.3%⁷⁶

28.9%³⁴

▼ -5.4%¹⁹

TO Rate

1.5%¹⁹

1.5%²¹

0.0%⁴⁹

Pass EPA

0.071³⁷

0.046⁵⁰

▼ -0.025⁵⁶

Rush EPA

-0.103⁷⁰

0.000¹⁵

▲ +0.103¹¹

YAC OEX

0.28⁷⁵

0.52⁴²

▲ +0.24²⁶

xRY

4.17³⁴

4.30¹⁹

▲ +0.13³⁴

RYOE

0.12⁴⁵

0.20³⁹

▲ +0.08⁴⁴

	Before (2022)	First Year (2023)	Delta
DEFENSE
EPA	-0.056⁸⁰	0.058²¹	▲ +0.114⁹
Succ%	43.3%⁵⁵	44.5%³⁷	▲ +1.2%³⁵
RZ P/V	4.8⁷⁹	5.3³¹	▲ +0.5¹⁷
3&Out%	32.8%⁶³	27.5%²³	▼ -5.3%²⁰
TO Rate	2.5%⁸⁵	1.4%¹¹	▼ -1.1%⁵
Pass EPA	-0.087⁹³	0.083³²	▲ +0.170⁴
Rush EPA	-0.024²⁵	-0.021²⁴	▲ +0.003⁵²
YAC OEX	0.10⁹¹	0.44⁵⁴	▲ +0.34²¹
xRY	4.08⁴⁴	4.05⁴⁸	▼ -0.03⁶³
RYOE	0.27³⁴	-0.26⁸⁹	▼ -0.52⁸⁷

Before (2022)

First Year (2023)

Delta

DEFENSE

EPA

-0.056⁸⁰

0.058²¹

▲ +0.114⁹

Succ%

43.3%⁵⁵

44.5%³⁷

▲ +1.2%³⁵

RZ P/V

4.8⁷⁹

5.3³¹

▲ +0.5¹⁷

3&Out%

32.8%⁶³

27.5%²³

▼ -5.3%²⁰

TO Rate

2.5%⁸⁵

1.4%¹¹

▼ -1.1%⁵

Pass EPA

-0.087⁹³

0.083³²

▲ +0.170⁴

Rush EPA

-0.024²⁵

-0.021²⁴

▲ +0.003⁵²

YAC OEX

0.10⁹¹

0.44⁵⁴

▲ +0.34²¹

xRY

4.08⁴⁴

4.05⁴⁸

▼ -0.03⁶³

RYOE

0.27³⁴

-0.26⁸⁹

▼ -0.52⁸⁷

Pass/Rush Splits - Defensive

PercentilesGraph

Year	Role	Team	% Pass	Pass EPA	Pass Succ%	Pass SOS	xYAC OEX	YAC OEX	% RB Rush	Rush EPA	Rush Succ%	Rush SOS	xRY	RYOE	% QB Rush	QB Rush EPA
2023	Defensive Coordinator	PHI	64.3%	0.083	45.8%	0.015	0.01	0.44	30.7%	-0.021	40.3%	0.015	4.05	-0.26	4.9%	0.491
2021	Defensive Coordinator	CHI	53.9%	0.046	45.2%	0.018	0.18	0.52	41.9%	0.000	42.6%	0.011	4.30	0.20	4.3%	0.235