Seahawks hire Mike Macdonald as new head coach, per report
After a nearly three-week search, the Seattle Seahawks have reportedly found their next head coach: Mike Macdonald, the current defensive coordinator of the Baltimore Ravens.
ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported Wednesday morning that the Seahawks and Macdonald are finalizing a deal to make him the team’s next head coach. The Seahawks now go from the NFL’s oldest head coach in Pete Carroll, who is 72 years old, to the youngest in Macdonald, who is 36 years old.
The defense led by Macdonald helped Baltimore earn the top seed in the AFC to the playoffs this season, as the Ravens became the first team in NFL history to lead the league in points allowed per game (16.5), sacks (60) and takeaways (31) in the same year.
Macdonald has been DC for each of the past two years under Ravens head coach John Harbaugh. He spent 2021 as the DC at the University of Michigan under the other famous Harbaugh brother, Jim. Prior to that, Macdonald was with the Ravens from 2014-20 serving as linebackers coach (2018-20), defensive backs coach (2017), defensive assistant (2015-16) and defensive coaching intern (2014).
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