The Seahawks have a new head coach. News just broke that the team is expected to hire Ravens defensive coordinator Mike Macdonald to replace Pete Carroll, although the deal is not officially official as of yet.
According to Tom Pelissero at NFL Network, Macdonald is getting a six-year deal with Seattle.
The #Seahawks are giving Mike Macdonald a six-year deal, per sources. Locking in their young new head coach for the long haul. https://t.co/R1erW8nJvI
— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) January 31, 2024
Macdonald got his first coaching gig at the high school level, serving as linebackers and running backs coach for Cedar Shoals in Georgia. From there he moved up to Georgia as a graduate assistant, then two years as their defensive quality control assistant.
In 2014 he got his first job in the NFL as a coaching intern with the Ravens. From there, he worked his way up to defensive assistant, then defensive backs coach, then linebackers coach. In 2021 he spent a year under Jim Harbaugh at Michigan as his defensive coordinator, then he returned and spent the last two seasons as Baltimore’s defensive coordinator.
At just 36 years old, Maconald is now the youngest head coach in the league.
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