And then there were eight.
The Houston Texans on Tuesday announced they have hired longtime Seahawks assistant Carl Smith as quarterbacks coach, leaving just eight assistants remaining on Seattle’s staff of the 24 from the year the team won the Super Bowl following the 2013 season.
Smith had been Seattle’s quarterbacks coach from 2011 to 2017 before moving into a role last season as Associate Head Coach.
Smith had the longest coaching association with Pete Carroll of anyone on the Seattle staff, the two having first worked together in 1982 at North Carolina State where Carroll was the defensive coordinator and Smith the offensive coordinator.