The big headline for the 2024 Seattle Seahawks is the arrival of Mike Macdonald as Pete Carroll’s successor. Macdonald is the youngest head coach in the NFL, replacing the oldest (chronologically, certainly not spiritually) coach.
While Macdonald’s arrival is huge in itself, the main story here is less about Macdonald and more about the man who hired him: general manager John Schneider. This is Schneider’s 15th season as GM—it shouldn’t be forgotten that Carroll chose Schneider in the hiring process—but his first with full authority over player and coaching personnel. Schneider was the one who led the extensive search to replace Carroll, hire Macdonald, and assemble a coaching staff that has reinvigorated a frustrated fanbase after one playoff win over seven seasons and none in the last four.