Sean Payton coaching timeline: Revisiting Saints record and more, from 'BountyGate' to Super Bowl 44
After spending three seasons in Dallas as the Cowboys' assistant head coach and quarterbacks coach under Bill Parcells, Payton was hired as the new head coach of the Saints in 2006. The team was fresh off a 3-13 season in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, but had just added star QB Drew Brees in free agency.