Looking at Pete Carroll’s other quarterback coaches while at Seattle

The more you look at it, the more sense the Austin Davis hire makes.

There are a lot of questions about the uncertainty behind Bryan Harsin’s decision to hire Austin Davis as Auburn’s next offensive coordinator.

Since Davis hasn’t been a coordinator at any level and has not had to recruit during his time as a coach, there is not a ton to base an opinion on other than to look at what previous quarterback coaches under Pete Carroll have done while he’s been in Seattle.

Here’s some information that I found.

2010 – Jeff Fisch

  • Seattle made it to the playoffs that season.
  • 2011-2012 – Miami Hurricanes OC/QBs
  • 2013-2014 – Jax OC
  • 2015-2016 – Michigan QB/WR/Passing game coordinator
  • 2018-2019 – LA Rams assistant
  • 2020 – New England QB coach
  • 2021 – Head coach at Arizona

2011-2017 – Carl Smith

  • Seattle had an awesome run during this time.
  • 2018 – Seattle Associate head coach
  • 2019 Houston QB coach
  • 2021- Seattle Associate head coach

2018-2019 – Dave Canales

  • Got promoted to Seahawks passing game coordinator

Once again, nothing concrete. I think this information backs up the opinion and the narrative that Carroll knows what he’s doing when hiring guys. Whether they move on and become head coaches or offensive coordinators elsewhere or he does what he can to keep guys in the Seattle Seahawks organization.

Talking with people in Seattle, it seems like he will be missed in the organization and no one seems to be more upset with him leaving than quarterback Russell Wilson.

Wilson quoted tweeted Auburn’s tweet wishing him luck shortly after the decision was made public.

The fact that Wilson has so much respect for Davis, a guy who used to be his backup and is actually younger than Wilson, says a ton about the type of coach Harsin went out and hired.

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