NFL coach firings, hirings and movement tracker: Seahawks hire Ravens DC Mike Macdonald

The Seattle Seahawks have hired Ravens defensive coordinator Mike Macdonald as head coach, the team announced on Wednesday.

Macdonald, 36, will become the youngest head in the NFL, replacing the 72-year-old Pete Carroll who the team parted ways with after 14 seasons.

Macdonald is coming off a two-year run of success in Baltimore, which finished with the No. 1 scoring defense this season en route to a 13-4 record and the No. 1 seed in the AFC playoffs. The Ravens fell to the Chiefs in the AFC championship Sunday, clearing the path for Seattle to hire its new coach.

That leaves only the Washington Commanders without a head coach as six other job openings have now been filled.

The two most high-profile hirings this cycle have been Raheem Morris (Atlanta Falcons) and Jim Harbaugh (Los Angeles Chargers).

The Falcons made the somewhat surprising choice of Morris after the team interviewed former Patriots head coach Bill Belichick multiple times and had a long list of high-profile interviews for the position.

Morris does have history with the team, however, serving as defensive coordinator in 2020 and interim head coach for the final 11 games of that season. He also served various assistant coaching roles on the offensive side in Atlanta from 2015-19.

He’s been leading the defense for the Rams since 2021.

The Chargers landed perhaps the biggest name on the market by luring Jim Harbaugh away from Michigan.

Weeks after leading his alma mater to a national championship, Harbaugh is returning to the NFL to coach the Chargers, the team announced on Jan. 24.

Before coaching nine seasons at Michigan, Harbaugh coached the San Francisco 49ers for four seasons from 2011-14. The 49ers never had a losing record in any of those seasons, reaching a Super Bowl and three NFC title games, but an 8-8 season in 2014 and acrimony between Harbaugh and the front office helped lead to his return to the college ranks.

He’ll apparently be paired with Joe Hortiz, who is reportedly set to become the…

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Publish date : 2024-01-31 18:30:15

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