The Seahawks added 15 more assistant coaches on Thursday, including offensive passing game coordinator Jake Peetz and seven position coaches: quarterbacks coach Charles London, receivers coach Frisman Jackson, defensive line coach Justin Hinds, running backs coach Kennedy Polamalu, safeties coach Jeff Howard, tight ends coach Mack Brown and outside linebackers coach Chris Partridge.
With the addition of the following 15 coaches this week, new Seahawks head coach Mike Macdonald and president of football operations/general manager John Schneider have now added 23 assistants to the 2024 coaching staff.
- Mack Brown (tight ends)
- Josh Bynes (defensive assistant/linebackers)
- Rob Caprice (defensive intern)
- Zak Hill (offensive assistant/quality control)
- Justin Hinds (defensive line)
- Jeff Howard (safeties)
- Frisman Jackson (wide receivers)
- Charles London (quarterbacks)
- Brendan Nugent (assistant offensive line)
- Quinshon Odom (offensive assistant/quality control-offensive line)
- Chris Partridge (outside linebackers)
- Jake Peetz (offensive passing game coordinator)
- Nick Perry (defensive quality control)
- Kennedy Polamalu (running backs)
- Tyson Prince (assistant wide receivers)
Peetz joins the Seahawks after spending the past two seasons with the Los Angeles Rams, holding the title of pass game specialist last season. Before that, Peetz was the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at LSU, and the quarterbacks coach for the Carolina Panthers in 2020 after serving as the Panthers' running backs coach the previous season. Peetz' coaching career, which began at Santa Barbara City College in 2006, also includes stops at UCLA and Alabama in the college ranks, and with the Jaguars and Raiders in the NFL. Peetz also spent four years as a scout for the Jaguars from 2008-2011 before returning to coaching.
Peetz will be joined on the offensive coaching staff by London, who spent the 2023 season as the Titans' quarterbacks coach and passing game coordinator, and who before that was the quarterbacks coach in Atlanta for two seasons. London also has experience as a running backs coach, having held that role for seven seasons with the Texans and Bears. London started his coaching career as a graduate assistant, and later running backs coach, at Duke, where he played as a running back.
Sticking with the offensive side of the ball, Jackson will be coaching receivers for his fourth NFL team, having spent the past two seasons with the Steelers, and before that the Panthers and Titans. Jackson also coached receivers for Baylor, Temple, NC State, Northern Illinois, Akron and Western Illinois in the college ranks.
Brown, meanwhile, will be coaching tight ends for the Seahawks after spending the past five seasons with the Jets. Brown was an offensive assistant the past three seasons, working with tight ends and receivers, and before that he spent two seasons as a defensive assistant, working primarily with linebackers. In the college ranks, Brown served as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Missouri State for three seasons after one year as receivers coach, and prior to that he spent three seasons at Missouri as a graduate assistant.
Polamalu brings considerable experience coaching running backs, having held that same position for the Raiders, Vikings, Browns and Jaguars in the NFL, and for UCLA, USC, San Diego State and Colorado at the collegiate level. Polamalu, the uncle of Hall of Fame safety Troy Polamalu, has also been an offensive coordinator for USC (2010-2012) and UCLA (2016).
Howard will coach safeties for the Seahawks after spending last season as the linebackers coach for the Chargers. Prior to that he spent three seasons as Cleveland's defensive backs coach/passing game coordinator, and he got his NFL start as a defensive assistant with the Vikings from 2013-2019, having been hired by then-Vikings coach Leslie Frazier, who recently joined the Seahawks as assistant head coach. Howard began his coaching career at his alma mater, Odessa Permian High School of Friday Night Lights fame, then moved to the college ranks at Texas Tech for two seasons before joining the Vikings.
Hinds joins the Seahawks as defensive line coach after spending two seasons in Chicago as the Bears' assistant defensive line coach. He has a decade of college coaching experience, including time as defensive coordinator at Western Carolina, and as defensive line coach at Lafayette College and Central Michigan.
Partridge joins the Seahawks as outside linebackers coach after holding that same role at the University of Michigan in 2023. He was the co-defensive coordinator and safeties coach at Ole Miss for three season (2020-22) and before that spent five seasons at Michigan starting as the director of player personnel before later serving as special teams coordinator while also coaching safeties and linebackers at different points. While his time at Michigan didn't overlap with Macdonald, Partridge did work with new Seahawks special teams coordinator Jay Harbaugh.
Prince will be returning to Seattle having spent 2022 as an offensive quality control coach at the University of Washington under new Seahawks offensive coordinator Ryan Grubb, with whom he also worked at Fresno State. Last season, Prince was the offensive passing game coordinator and receivers coach at Sacramento State. Prince is the son of longtime NFL and college coach Robert Prince, who is currently the receivers coach for the Dallas Cowboys, and who spent one season as the Seahawks' receivers coach in 2009.
Bynes is beginning his coaching career after a 12-year playing career in which he appeared in 138 games, starting 82, including six seasons in Baltimore, three of which overlapped with Macdonald's time there, including Bynes' final season in which he started seven games for the 2022 Ravens with Macdonald as defensive coordinator.
Nugent brings with him two decades worth of coaching experience, most recently as the offensive line coach for the Chargers the past two seasons. Nugent was the offensive line coach for the Saints from 2015-21, and before that he was an offensive quality control coach for the Bears for two seasons. Nugent's coaching experience also includes stops in the college ranks at Iowa and College of William & Mary, as well as in the CFL with the Montreal Alouettes.
Hill, who most recently led Saguaro High School to an Arizona state championship, has served as offensive coordinator at Arizona State and Boise State, and before that worked at Eastern Washington and Hillsboro High School in Oregon. A Battle Ground, Washington native, Hill played quarterback at Central Washington, passing for 8,882 yards and 76 touchdowns in his career, earning third-team All-American honors on the 2002 team that went 11-1 and was inducted into the school's Hall of Fame.
Odom joins the Seahawks after two seasons in Green Bay, where he was a coaching assistant through the Bill Walsh Diversity Coaching Fellowship, his second role with the Packers having also worked in the player personnel department in 2018. Odom began his coaching career at Eastern Kentucky as a coaching intern, then moved on to Vanderbilt as a graduate assistant then quality control coach, followed by one season at the University of Texas as an offensive line graduate assistant.
Perry, a former safety at Alabama, spent 2015 on Baltimore's practice squad when Macdonald was in his second year coaching for the Ravens, then in 2017 he began his coaching career at Alabama as a graduate assistant, spending four years with the Crimson Tide, three of which overlapped with current Seahawks defensive passing game coordinator/defensive backs coach Karl Scott.
Caprice joins the Seahawks as a defensive intern after three seasons at the University of Tennessee as a defensive graduate assistant.
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The Seattle Seahawks named Mike Macdonald the ninth head coach in franchise history on January 31, 2024.

The Seahawks hired Ryan Grubb as offensive coordinator on February 13, 2024, after two seasons at the University of Washington (2022-23) in the same role.

Aden Durde joined the Seahawks coaching staff as defensive coordinator on February 13, 2024 following three seasons (2021-23) as the Cowboys defensive line coach. He returned to Dallas in 2021 after beginning his NFL coaching career there during training camp as a Bill Walsh NFL Diversity Coaching Fellowship intern in 2014 and 2015.

Harbaugh joined the Seahawks staff as special teams coordinator on February 13, 2024, after spending nine seasons with the University of Michigan. During his time, he served as the team's special teams coordinator, and worked with the safeties and running backs.

The Seahawks hired Mack Brown as tight ends coach on February 22, 2024. Brown spent five seasons with the New York Jets; three as an offensive assistant, after two seasons as a defensive assistant.

Hired as a defensive assistant/linebackers coach by the Seahawks on February 22, 2024, Bynes officially enters his first season as an NFL coach.

The Seahawks hired Rob Caprice on February 22, 2024, after spending three seasons (2021-23) at the University of Tennessee aiding the defensive staff.

Devin Fitzsimmons joined the Seahawks staff as assistant special teams coach on February 15, 2024. He spent the 2023 season with the Carolina Panthers as special teams assistant after serving in the same role with Arizona (2021-22). Fitzsimmons, now in his 20th year of coaching, begins his 12th year as part of special teams units in college and the NFL.

Leslie Frazier joined the Seahawks staff as assistant head coach on February 13, 2024, and enters his 25th season as an NFL coach. He did not coach in the NFL in 2023 after spending six seasons with the Buffalo Bills as defensive coordinator (2017-19) and assistant head coach/defensive coordinator (2020-22).

This is a 2019 photo of Thomas Garcia of the Seattle Seahawks NFL football team. This image reflects the Seattle Seahawks active roster of as of June 10, 2019 when this image was taken. (AP Photo)

Seattle hired Zak Hill on February 22, 2024, following two seasons (2022-23) as a high school coach in the Phoenix area and two seasons (2020-21) as Arizona State's offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach.

Justin Hinds was hired as the defensive line coach by the Seahawks on February 22, 2024. Hinds enters his 16th season in coaching in 2024 and served as an assistant defensive line coach for the Chicago Bears from 2022-23.

Jeff Howard joined the Seahawks coaching staff as safeties coach on February 22, 2024, after one season coaching linebackers for the L.A. Chargers, and three seasons (2020-22) as defensive pass game coordinator/defensive backs coach for the Cleveland Browns.

Entering his first NFL season, Scott Huff joined the Seahawks as offensive line coach on February 13, 2024. Previously, Huff spent seven seasons with the Washington Huskies (2017-23) in the same capacity.

Hired by Seattle on February 22, 2024, Frisman Jackson joins the Seahawks following two years (2022-23) as the Pittsburgh Steelers wide receivers coach.

Charles London joined the Seahawks coaching staff as quarterbacks coach on February 22, 2024, working for Tennessee for the second time in his career in 2023, this as the pass game coordinator/quarterbacks coach after spending two seasons (2021-22) as quarterbacks coach with the Atlanta Falcons.

Named to the Seahawks coaching staff on February 22, 2024, Nugent comes to Seattle after two seasons (2022-23) as offensive line coach for the L.A. Chargers.

Quinshon Odom joined the Seahawks staff on February 22, 2024 after two seasons as Green Bay's coaching assistant through the Bill Walsh Diversity Coaching Fellowship. He previously worked in Green Bay's player personnel department during the 2018 season.

Entering his 22nd season as a coach in the NFL, Kirk Olivadotti joined the Seahawks staff on February 13, 2024, after spending five seasons (2019-23) as the inside linebackers coach for the Green Bay Packers.

Chris Partridge joined the Seahawks staff as outside linebackers coach on February 22, 2024, following one season at the University of Michigan in the same capacity.

Jake Peetz joined the Seahawks coaching staff on February 22, 2024, following two seasons with the L.A. Rams.

Nick Perry joined the Seahawks coaching staff on February 22, 2024 in a defensive quality control role after spending the prior season as the Atlanta Falcons assistant wide receivers coach and serving as Atlanta's defensive backs coach from 2021-22.


Kennedy Polamalu was hired as running backs coach on February 22, 2024. He enters his 33rd season in coaching at both the NFL and collegiate levels, and spent two seasons (2022-23) as running backs coach with the Las Vegas Raiders prior to joining the Seahawks.

Tyson Prince joined the Seahawks coaching staff on February 22, 2024, following one season (2023) as Sacramento State's wide receivers coach and passing game coordinator.

Hired on February 22, 2022, to be the team's defensive passing game coordinator/defensive backs coach, Karl Scott enters the 2024 season in that same role, serving in that capacity in two of his three Seahawks seasons. Scott served one season (2021) as the defensive backs coach with the Vikings in his inaugural season in the NFL. Prior to Minnesota, he served as Alabama's cornerbacks coach from 2018-20.

This is a 2019 photo of Grant Steen of the Seattle Seahawks NFL football team. This image reflects the Seattle Seahawks active roster of as of June 10, 2019 when this image was taken. (AP Photo)

This is a 2019 photo of Danny Van Dijk of the Seattle Seahawks NFL football team. This image reflects the Seattle Seahawks active roster of as of June 10, 2019 when this image was taken. (AP Photo)
