DETROIT — There was the season spent at tiny Westmar University in LeMars, Iowa, then Iowa State University for a year, and University of Connecticut for two more. The Packers made him a quarterbacks coach, then the Vikings asked him to turn around an offense. He did, then did the same in Seattle, winning a Super Bowl (and losing the next one in spectacular, stunning fashion). And then, a few years later, nothing.
After the Seahawks fired him at the end of the 2017 season with the offense middling and struggling to start games, there were quarterback coaching jobs he turned down as he held out for another NFL coordinator role.