Seahawks head coach Mike Macdonald is ramping up his coaching staff for the 2024 season. Since Thursday we received word of four more assistants getting hired by Seattle.
According to Mike Garafolo at NFL Network, the team is hiring Rams pass game specialist Jake Peetz as their new pass game coordinator.
The #Seahawks are hiring #Rams pass game specialist Jake Peetz as their pass game coordinator, sources say. Peetz, the former offensive coordinator at LSU, was a candidate for the #Buccaneers’ OC job.
Now heads to Seattle to join Mike Macdonald and Ryan Grubb. pic.twitter.com/UqcQ6h1Jwo
— Mike Garafolo (@MikeGarafolo) February 15, 2024
Before he joined Sean McVay’s staff Peetz put in time with a ton of different college and NFL teams, including UCLA, the Jaguars, the Raiders, Alabama, the Commanders and the Panthers. Here Peetz will be working under Seattle’s new offensive coordinator Ryan Grubb, who spent the last two seasons calling plays for Washington.
Additionally, the team announced yesterday that they have added Devin Fitzsimmons as an assistant special teams coach.
The @Seahawks added Devin Fitzsimmons as assistant special teams coach this afternoon. #GoHawks https://t.co/ujiKisRRtr
— Seahawks PR (@seahawksPR) February 15, 2024
Fitzsimmons also comes with a lot of experience. This will be his 12th season coaching special teams between college and the NFL. With the Seahawks Fitzsimmons will be serving under special teams coordinator Jay Harbaugh, son of Chargers head coach Jim Harbaugh. He had been working as Michigan’s special teams coordinator under his dad last season when they won the national title.
Also, Jeremy Fowler at ESPN is reporting that Frisman Jackson is getting hired as the team’s new wide receivers coach.
The #Seahawks are hiring Frisman Jackson as their wide receivers coach, per source.
Jackson coached the #Steelers wideouts the last two seasons. The former Cleveland Browns receiver also has led the Titans and Panthers WR rooms in recent years.
— Jeremy Fowler (@JFowlerESPN) February 16, 2024
After his playing career was over, Jackson served as wide receivers coach at a bunch of different college programs, including Temple and Baylor. He followed Matt Rhule to the Panthers, serving in the same role there for two years, followed by two years as the Steelers’ wide receiver coach.
Finally, according to Tom Pelissero at NFL Network, the Seahawks are hiring Kennedy Polamalu as their running backs coach.
The #Seahawks are expected to hire veteran assistant Kennedy Polamalu as their running backs coach, per source.
— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) February 16, 2024
Polamalu also has extensive experience coaching at both levels. Most recently he has been the running backs coach for the Vikings from 2017-2021 and then the Raiders for the last two seasons.
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