He replaces Jim Mora, who had a comparable record of 31-33 in four seasons as an NFL head coach, and became the first coach in Seahawks history to receive less than three seasons at the helm.
Seahawks CEO Tod Leiweke was in Los Angeles on Sunday and while indications were the two sides were close to a deal, the team did not announce an agreement on Sunday night.
According to the Los Angeles Times, however, players and coaches at USC were informed of Carroll’s departure via a text message from a Trojans assistant.
The imminent announcement of Carroll’s hiring in Seattle will conclude a whirlwind week in which Seattle fired Jim Mora after one season and hired Carroll, an overwhelmingly successful college coach who now returns to the league where he was fired twice as head coach in the 1990s.
In nine seasons at USC, Carroll went 97-19, won seven bowl games and two national championships, and had 14 players chosen in the first round of the NFL draft.
What title Carroll will hold other than head coach — if any — is not clear, but he is not expected to have final say over football personnel. The Seahawks indicated Saturday he would not have control of all personnel decisions as Mike Holmgren did when he was hired in 1999, and that if Carroll were hired, his authority over personnel would not extend beyond who makes the 53-man roster and how much they play. Read full story here
Mora joined the Seahawks in February 2008 on a five-year contract that called for him to transition to coach once Holmgren retired. Mora was an assistant for the 2008 season, then succeeded Holmgren. Read more here
South Florida football coach Jim Leavitt, fired Friday for allegedly slapping a player at a November game, is the third coach to lose his job in six weeks over player mistreatment charges. Read full story here
When Lovie Smith went about assembling his first coaching staff in 2004, he pointed to offenses run by Mike Martz in St. Louis and Al Saunders in Kansas City and identified the attacking schemes from the Don Coryell coaching tree as his vision for the Bears.
What the Bears wound up with was Terry Shea, then the quarterbacks coach in Kansas City under Saunders when the Chiefs were setting records.
Saunders has now been mentioned as a potential candidate as the Bears seek their third play caller in the Smith era.
Saunders worked this past season as a consultant for the Baltimore Ravens, and his last coaching job was as the offensive coordinator of the Washington Redskins under Joe Gibbs.
The Hall of Fame coach Gibbs is working as an analyst for NBC during this afternoon’s Jets-Bengals playoff game at Paul Brown Stadium. Read full story here
Mike Shanahan: Joe Gibbs told him Daniel Snyder ‘will not interfere at all’
Shanahan joined the Redskins as head coach and executive VP of football operations on Tuesday with a five-year contract.
Mike Shanahan said former Redskins coach Joe Gibbs gave him a persuasive endorsement of team owner Daniel Snyder. And the influence from Gibbs helped assuage any fears Shanahan might have had that Snyder would meddle too much in the team’s affairs.
“All I can tell you is what Joe Gibbs said to me,” Shanahan told Sirius XM’s Mad Dog Radio (via PFT). Read full story here
Joseph Jackson Gibbs (born November 25, 1940) is an American football coach, NASCAR Championship team owner, and two time NHRA Pro Stock team owner. He was the 20th and 26th head coach in the history of the Washington Redskins. Well known for his long hours and work ethic, Gibbs constructed what Steve Sabol has called, “The most diverse dynasty in NFL history,”[citation needed] building championship teams with many players who have had mediocre to average careers while playing for other NFL teams. During his first stint in the National Football League, he coached the Redskins for 12 seasons and led them to eight playoff appearances, four NFC Championship titles, and three Super Bowl titles.
After retiring at the end of the 1992 season, he switched focus to his NASCAR team, Joe Gibbs Racing, which has won three championships under his ownership, one with former driver Bobby Labonte and two with Tony Stewart. On January 7, 2004, Gibbs came out of retirement to rejoin the Redskins as head coach and team president, signing a 5-year, $28.5 million contract. On January 8, 2008, Gibbs resigned as Redskins’ head coach and team president. Overall, during his 16 years with the team, Gibbs had only three losing seasons and led the team to 10 playoff appearances. He remains with the organization as “Special Advisor” to the team owner Daniel Snyder. Read full story here
Officials ejected Tennessee defensive tackle Jason Jones for throwing a punch during a scrum on the Texans’ sideline during the fourth quarter against Houston.
Titans linebacker Keith Bulluck had just stopped Steve Slaton for no gain near the Texans’ bench Sunday when players from both teams started pushing and shoving.
Officials slapped Texans receiver David Anderson with a personal foul, but referee Walt Coleman said Jones had thrown a punch and was ejected. Read full story here
The second-year player went to the Titans sideline and got a high-five from a teammate deactivated for the game. He then went to the locker room to cheers from fans as he waved them on.
The Washington Redskins notified a Fairfax County woman Friday that the team plans to withdraw a $66,364 court judgment against her after she defaulted on a multiyear contract for season club tickets
A real-estate agent, Pat Hill, 72, had signed a $5,300-a-year, 10-year contract through 2017 for two seats at FedEx Field, but was unable to make payments in 2008 after the housing market crashed. The Redskins sued Hill in October for the duration of the contract and won a default judgment this year.
She was one of 125 people and firms who had been sued by the Redskins in the past five years after they defaulted on multiyear contracts to purchase premium seats.
Redskins General Counsel David Donovan wrote to Hill in an e-mail Friday afternoon: “I have directed our outside counsel to notify the courts that your obligation to the Redskins has been satisfied and to vacate the judgment against you. That means you no longer owe the Redskins anything, and you are released from all of your contractual obligations.” Read full story here
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The Associated Press has reported that ” All Pro” defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth is back on the field after time off to rest a sore left knee and is looking forward to what he and the team hopes is a healthy 2009 campaign.
