Personal Life
Sean Payton married Beth Shuey and had two children, daughter Meghan (born 1996) and son Connor (born 1999). While coaching at Indiana State, Payton met Shuey, a graduate of the university. Payton is of Irish Catholic extraction. Payton and his family moved to a home in Mandeville, Louisiana when he became the Saints' head coach; however, the home, like many built on the Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina, later turned out to be constructed with defective Chinese drywall, and Payton eventually became a named plaintiff in a widely-reported class action lawsuit against the manufacturer, Knauf Plasterboard Tianjin Co. Ltd.
In the wake of the issues with their home in Mandeville, the Paytons decided to move the family back to the Dallas area in 2011, when they purchased a home in the Vacquero Club, an upscale golf community in Westlake that is home to several PGA Tour professionals, as well as the Jonas Brothers and Josh Hamilton. Rumors swirled over the 2011 Super Bowl weekend that the move would coincide with Payton returning to the Cowboys as the General Manager or in some other executive capacity, but these turned out to be groundless. He maintains a residence in the New Orleans area during the season, while his family resides full-time in Westlake, a 90 minute trip via a privately chartered flight.
In January 2012, he received the Silver Anniversary Award in recognition of his myriad athletic and professional accomplishments from the NCAA.
On June 14, 2012, Payton filed for divorce from Beth Payton, his wife of nearly 20 years.
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