Sean Payton and His Wife Have Been Together for over a Year

American football coach Sean Payton has been married to his wife, Skylene Montgomery, since 2021. 

Payton and Montgomery first crossed their path at an NFL game in 2014. During that time, Payton was the head coach for the Saints while his now wife was a nurse in Charlotte, North Carolina. 

Their love story began when Montgomery questioned one of her friends on how to get tickets for that specific game, but instead of the ticket, her friend gave her the football player’s number.

Not long after they began talking online, they became a close friend and eventually began dating. After dating for seven years, Payton proposed to Montgomery on November 8, 2019, during a birthday party at the French Quarter restaurant in New Orleans. 

Sean Payton and Skylene Montgomery married in 2021. (Source: Wdsu)

The couple had planned to marry as soon as they were engaged, but due to the COVID-19  pandemic, they had to postpone their wedding. 

Later, Payton and Montgomery exchanged their vow in 2021 in the presence of close friends and family at One&Only Palmilla, a lavish resort located at Baja Peninsula by the Sea of Cortez in Mexico. 

Since their marriage, the couple has been happily together but have not revealed much about their personal life. The NFL coach has also decided not to post any pictures of them on social media, which shows that they prefer to keep their married life private. 

Sean Payton’s current wife, Skylene Montgomery, was a former beauty queen 

Montgomery started her career as a gastrointestinal nurse at Ochsner Medical Centre. Later, she worked as an assistant nurse at St. Mary’s Hospital in Huntington, West Virginia. 

Likewise, Payton’s wife is actively involved in several humanitarian programs such as Katrina Relief, Br*ast Cancer Awareness, and Relay for Life. 

She has also volunteered with Payton’s Play It Forward Foundation in Charlotte, North Carolina, which is committed to improving the lives of children and families in health, education, and social welfare.

Sean Payton’s second wife, Skylene Montgomery, held the title of Miss West Virginia. (Source: GulabigangOfficial)

In addition to her career in the medical field, Montgomery was crowned as Miss West Virginia in 2007. She also proudly represented her home state in the Miss USA 2008 pageant.

Moreover, Montgomery has a strong athletic background, as she was once a volleyball coach for the Bayou Sports Club’s volleyball team. 

Sean Payton was previously married to Beth Shuey

Payton and Shuey met for the first time in 1990 when Payton served as a running back and wide receivers coach while his former wife was a student at Indiana State University. 

Soon after their initial meeting, the duo embarked on a romantic relationship and eventually tied the knot on July 11, 1992. 

Since the day they got married, Shuey remained by her ex-husband’s side throughout his coaching career. The duo even relocated to Mandeville, Louisiana, when Payton became the head coach of the New Orleans Saints.

Sean Payton and Beth Shuey divorced after two decades of marriage. (Source: Buzz Nigeria)

However, their life changed when the Bountygate scandal surfaced. After two decades of togetherness, the NFL coach and his first wife decided to part ways and filed for divorce at a Tarrant County, Texas, court in 2012.

The divorce filing cited “discord or conflict of personalities between Petitioner and Respondent that destroys the legitimate ends of the marriage relationship and prevents any reasonable expectation of reconciliation.”

After more than a year of divorce proceedings, they officially separated in 2015. Payton then moved to Uptown, New Orleans, where he bought a condo. As mentioned earlier, he then married his second wife, Montgomery. 

On the other hand, Shuey also moved on and married James McGuire, a Raleigh NC realtor, specializing in golf course community homes, on September 20, 2020.