Pat Surtain on Development of Pat Surtain II, How New Orleans Made Him, His Coaching Career

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4.3 • 655 Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2026

⏱️ 44 minutes

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On this episode of NFL Players: Second Acts, Charles Tillman and Roman Harper sit down with former All-Pro defensive back Pat Surtain to talk about his journey from New Orleans to the NFL and now into coaching. Surtain reflects on the defining moments of his playing career, including the toughest receivers he ever lined up against and what it really takes to sustain success at the highest level. He also shares how he made the transition into coaching, and how his time as a player continues to shape the way he leads and connects with the next generation of athletes.

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0:00.0	This is an IHeart podcast.
0:02.6	Guaranteed Human.
0:04.4	Did you ever fill that with your son as far as like the pressure?
0:08.1	Like he's playing corner.
0:09.6	I played corner.
0:10.4	I was all pro.
0:11.2	Like I, you know, kind of like that brawny LeBron kind of pressure.
0:15.8	It's crazy.
0:16.6	I just think it's part of the culture.
0:18.6	Like you name your son after you, especially where I'm from.
0:21.0	Yeah, yeah, yeah.
0:21.5	You name your son after you.
0:22.7	And as he got older when I saw the gifts, the natural gifts that he had, I thought, okay, you know, you got to take this on now because you do have the same name.
0:34.8	Guys are going to compare you to me.
0:36.8	They're going to say you had the easy way out.
0:39.5	How are you going to do to debunk all those notions of you?
0:42.0	And he did it the right way, man.
0:43.9	He went about his own way.
0:45.2	He worked his tail off and became the player who he is today.
0:48.8	You did a hell of a job with him.
0:50.1	Appreciate it.
0:56.7	What's up, everybody?
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