Vinnie Sunseri

Biography

With more than a decade of playing and coaching experience, exclusively at the Power Four level and in the National Football League, Vinnie Sunseri came to Georgia Tech in 2026 as the Yellow Jackets' defensive backs coach. Sunseri most recently served as co-defensive coordinator and safeties coach at Florida in 2025. Prior to his lone season at Florida, he spent the 2024 campaign as safeties coach at Washington, where he helped the Huskies rank fifth nationally in passing yards allowed (166.8 ypg) and eighth in pass-efficiency defense (110.51 efficiency rating). From 2020-23, Sunseri was a member of the New England Patriots coaching staff, first as a defensive assistant in 2020, followed by three seasons as running backs coach. During his time in New England, Patriots' running back Damien Harris tied for second in the NFL with 15 rushing touchdowns in 2021 and Rhamondre Stevenson became the Pats' first 1,000-yard rusher in six years and caught 69 passes in 2022. Sunseri began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at Alabama in 2019, helping coach three defensive backs that went on to play in the NFL, including second-round draft pick Xavier McKinney. Sunseri's coaching career followed three seasons as a player in the NFL. He spent two seasons with the New Orleans Saints (2014-15) as a fifth-round draft pick out of Alabama, then played for the Patriots and San Francisco 49ers in 2016. A safety, Sunseri racked up 105 tackles and four interceptions in three seasons at Alab