Seahawks fire defensive coaches Ken Norton Jr. and Andre Curtis

The Seattle Seahawks officially parted ways with defensive coordinator Ken Norton Jr. and defensive passing game coordinator Andre Curtis.

After an unsuccessful 2021 campaign, the Seattle Seahawks parted ways with a couple of defensive coaches on Tuesday, the first staff-trimming moves of the offseason so far.

Seattle announced it has officially relieved defensive coordinator Ken Norton Jr. and defensive passing game coordinator Andre Curtis of their duties with the Seahawks.

The moves were expected and first reported by Bob Condotta and Adam Jude of the Seattle Times.

Norton began his coaching career under Pete Carroll in 2004 at USC and first joined the Seahawks staff as a linebackers coach in 2010. After five seasons in Seattle, he signed on with Oakland as the defensive coordinator for the Raiders. He held his current position with Seattle for the last four years.

Curtis started his stint in Seattle as the assistant secondary coach before he was promoted to defensive backs coach in 2017. He has been the Seahawks’ defensive passing game coordinator since 2018.

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Seahawks part ways with offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer

The Seattle Seahawks have parted ways with offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer after the wild-card loss to the Los Angeles Rams.

The Seattle Seahawks are moving in a different direction offensively next season besides planning to just run the football more efficiently. Seattle has fired offensive coordinator, Brian Schottenheimer.

The Seahawks issued the news statement via Twitter on Tuesday afternoon.

“Brian Schottenheimer is a fantastic person and coach and we thank him for the last three years,” the tweet reads. “Citing philosophical differences, we have parted ways.”

Schottenheimer joined the Seahawks staff in 2018 and coached three full seasons in Seattle.

In other Seahawks’ personnel news . . . Seattle did extend executive VP/GM John Schneider’s contract through the 2027 NFL draft.

This story is continuing to develop.

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