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New Orleans Saints Coach Sean Payton agrees to five-year extension

Winningest coach in franchise history will be with team through 2024

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2019 New Orleans Saints
All Images Copyright Michael C. Hebert
LA Practice - Walk Trough 2019 New Orleans Saints All Images Copyright Michael C. Hebert

The most successful coach in New Orleans Saints history will keep adding to his legacy.

Sean Payton has agreed to a five-year contract extension with the Saints, which will keep him tied to New Orleans through 2024.

Since Payton arrived in 2006, the Saints are 119-74 under his watch in the regular season, with five NFC South Division titles, seven playoff berths and a victory over Indianapolis in Super Bowl XLIV. He has 127 combined regular-season and playoff wins – he also is the most successful playoff coach in franchise history – while compiling the highest winning percentage in franchise history.

He's the second-longest tenured coach in the NFL, behind New England's Bill Belichick (2000) and one of just seven active coaches to have a Super Bowl victory on his resume.

Payton has been the architect of one of the most prolific offenses in league history: The Saints have led the league in total offense six times (they've ranked in the top 10 every season since his arrival), and in scoring twice.

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