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Seattle Seahawks is attacking a division rival to fill its vacancy as an offensive coordinator.
According to ESPN.com’s Adam Schefter, the Seahawks are planning to hire Los Angeles Rams passing game coordinator Shane Waldron to serve as his next offensive coordinator.
The Seahawks fired Brian Schottenheimer after the season, after three years on the team.
Waldron has spent the past four years with the Rams, with the last three as coordinator of the passing game. He served as coach of the tight ends team in 2016 after following head coach Sean McVay to Los Angeles from the Washington Football Team.
The Seahawks talked to many candidates about the job. Former coaches (Anthony Lynn, Doug Pederson, Adam Gase) and current assistants (Kirby Wilson, Ken Dorsey, Joe Lombardi) were among the candidates allegedly linked to the position for Seattle.
Waldron would become Pete Carroll’s fourth offensive coordinator during his 12 seasons as a coach in Seattle. Jeremy Bates served in the job for a year before Darrell Bevell took over in 2011. He was fired after the 2017 season, with Schottenheimer being hired for the job.
Waldron is the fourth coach and the sixth board member to leave the Rams team this off-season. Brandon Staley took over as chief coach of the Los Angeles Chargers, with Joe Barry following him to become its defensive coordinator. Aubrey Pleasant left to train the defenders and serve as the defensive pass game coordinator for the Detroit Lions. Brad Holmes and Ray Agnew left to take over in Detroit as general manager and assistant general manager