{"id":676521,"date":"2026-01-14T12:18:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T12:18:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/676521\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T12:18:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T12:18:15","slug":"seahawks-running-backs-coach-kennedy-polamalu-wont-return-to-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/676521\/","title":{"rendered":"Seahawks running backs coach Kennedy Polamalu won\u2019t return to team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">One month after the Seattle Seahawks announced running backs coach Kennedy Polamalu would take a leave of absence for the remainder of the season, it looks as if he\u2019s not coming back to the team at all.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">NFL insider Aaron Wilson reported on Tuesday that Polamalu and the Seahawks have parted ways.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Kennedy Polamalu, the uncle of iconic Hall of Fame NFL safety Troy Polamalu, is a longtime running backs coach in both the pro and collegiate ranks. He was hired by the Seahawks in 2024 and was retained for this season despite fairly significant overhaul following the departure of offensive coordinator Ryan Grubb.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Polamalu\u2019s leave of absence was only described as a personal matter at the time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Mike Macdonald is scheduled to speak to the media on Wednesday prior to practice, so we may have some sort of an update or at least a confirmation of Polamalu\u2019s departure by then.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One month after the Seattle Seahawks announced running backs coach Kennedy Polamalu would take a leave of absence&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":676522,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3],"tags":[7,6,88977,718],"class_list":{"0":"post-676521","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-nfl","10":"tag-seattle-seahawks-coaching-staff","11":"tag-seattle-seahawks-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115893417021969543","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=676521"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676521\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/676522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=676521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=676521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=676521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}