{"id":682781,"date":"2026-01-16T21:57:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T21:57:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/682781\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T21:57:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T21:57:13","slug":"former-seahawks-defensive-coordinator-clint-hurtt-to-be-senior-bowl-head-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/682781\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Seahawks defensive coordinator Clint Hurtt to be Senior Bowl head coach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Senior Bowl is an event frequented by the Seattle Seahawks over the years, and the 2026 game will feature a former Seahawks defensive coordinator in a head coach role.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Clint Hurtt, currently with the Philadelphia Eagles as a senior defensive assistant\/defensive line coach, was announced as the National Team head coach at the Panini Senior Bowl in Mobile, Alabama. The game will be Saturday, Jan. 31 at 11:30 am PT on NFL Network.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cWe are thrilled to have Clint Hurtt as our head coach of the National Team in the 2026 Panini Senior Bowl,\u201d said Drew Fabianich, the executive director of the Panini Senior Bowl. \u201cHe is a highly regarded coach with a proven track record throughout his career. Clint will make a positive impact on his players and coaches during the week with his leadership and deep knowledge of the game. He will be a great mentor for the top prospects in the 2026 Draft.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">New Orleans Saints running backs coach Joel Thomas (who has local connections as the former RBs coach at the University of Washington under Steve Sarkisian) will be the American Team coach.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Hurtt was the Seahawks\u2019 DC from 2022-2023 under Pete Carroll, having previously served as an assistant head coach\/defensive line coach from 2017 through 2021. After he was not retained by Mike Macdonald, Hurtt ended up winning a Super Bowl with the Eagles in 2024, and now he\u2019s got himself a one-day head coaching role for college football\u2019s biggest All-Star game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Speaking of the Senior Bowl, Field Gulls will have on-site presence in Mobile from our own Bryce Coutts! So if you love college football draft prospect knowledge, insights, and footage, be sure to follow Bryce\u2019s work here and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@TheHawksEyeBryceCoutts\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">on social media<\/a>. Ideally, the Seahawks are in the Super Bowl the following week so we can get the best of both worlds in focusing on the big game and the upcoming NFL Draft.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Senior Bowl is an event frequented by the Seattle Seahawks over the years, and the 2026 game&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":682782,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2081],"tags":[7,6,238,237,261,718,2635],"class_list":{"0":"post-682781","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-seattle-seahawks","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-nfl","10":"tag-seahawks","11":"tag-seattle","12":"tag-seattle-seahawks","13":"tag-seattle-seahawks-news","14":"tag-seattleseahawks"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115907018562433998","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/682781","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=682781"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/682781\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/682782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=682781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=682781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=682781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}