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Pete Carroll’s fourteen-year stint as head coach of the Seattle Seahawks is over. The long-serving boss will take a back seat and take on an advisory role.
Carroll, who first took over the Seahawks in 2010, has had a storied run in Seattle after leading the franchise to its first-ever Super Bowl in 2013.
But after a disappointing season that saw his team miss out on the NFL playoffs with a 9-8 record, the Seahawks have decided to end the 72-year-old’s long reign as head coach and give him a new role to give.
Seattle Chairman Jody Allen confirmed in a statement Wednesday that Carroll will remain with the organization as an advisor beginning in 2024, while paying tribute to his “expertise in leadership and building a champion culture” over the years.
The statement reads: ‘After careful discussions and careful consideration of the best interests of the franchise, we have amicably agreed with Pete Carroll that his role will evolve from Head Coach to an advisor to the organization.
Pete Carroll’s 14-year stint as Seattle Seahawks head coach is over and the long-serving boss will move into an advisory role
Carroll is the first and only coach to guide Seattle to a Super Bowl after engineering their 2013 triumph (right, Carroll is drenched in Gatorade as the Seahawks win Super Bowl 48)
“Pete is the winningest coach in Seahawks history, led the city to its first Super Bowl title and has created a tremendous impact on the field and in the community over the past fourteen years.
“His expertise in leadership and building a champion culture will remain an integral part of our organization going forward.
“Pete will always be a beloved member of the Seahawks family.”
The Seahawks entered the final two weeks of the regular season with a chance to clinch a playoff spot for the 11th time under Carroll, only for a Week 17 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers to leave them in need of help they didn’t get .
Seattle then closed out the regular season on Sunday with a 21-20 win at Arizona to ensure their veteran coach played on a high note.
Carroll will step aside as the most successful coach in franchise history, but to an unsatisfactory conclusion after several seasons of mediocre results.
But after a disappointing season that saw them miss out on the playoffs, the Seahawks have decided to end Carroll’s reign as head coach and move him to a new role upstairs.
Regardless, he will forever be hailed as the first coach to bring the Lombardi Trophy to Seattle with the Super Bowl 48 victory over the Denver Broncos.)
The former head coach of the New England Patriots and New York Jets never fully recovered from what happened a year later in the Super Bowl, when Russell Wilson’s goal-line interception in the final seconds broke the hearts of the Seahawks, and Seattle never again experienced a title that could wash away victory. memories of what happened in Super Bowl 49.
Carroll retires with a record of 137-69-1 during his time as the Seahawks head coach. He also led the franchise to five NFC West titles and 10 playoff victories.