
Three days before the Seahawks were crowned Super Bowl champions, head coach Mike Macdonald lost the Coach of the Year award, finishing third in the voting behind Liam Coen and the winner, Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel.
Both Vrabel and Macdonald were among a number of coaches deserving of the award this season, but Vrabel won after turning the Patriots from a 4-13 squad to the No. 2 seed in the AFC in just one year.