Schneider’s work helped the Seahawks to the NFC’s No. 1 seed in 2025. Seattle was 14-3 this season, and the Seahawks won their first division title since 2020 while claiming the franchise’s fourth No. 1 playoff seed. The 14 victories set a franchise record, and the Seahawks’ eight road victories were also the most in their history. Seattle’s draft success in recent seasons has solidified the on-field results. The players drafted by Schneider since 2023 who received 2025 PFWA honors include cornerback Devon Witherspoon (2023), an All-NFC selection, wide receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba (2023), the PFWA’s Offensive Player of the Year and an All-NFL and All-NFC choice, and both safety Nick Emmanwori (2025) and guard Grey Zabel (2025), who were selected to the PFWA’s All-Rookie Team. Schneider also added defensive tackle Leonard Williams in a 2023 trade, who became an All-NFL and All-NFC pick this season, and wide receiver Rashid Shaheed in a 2025 trade, who was named to the PFWA’s 2025 All-NFC team as a punt returner. Schneider also drafted 2025 All-NFC punter Michael Dickson (2018). In free agency, the Seahawks made a key acquisition as the franchise signed quarterback Sam Darnold, who threw for 4,048 yards and 25 touchdowns.<\/p>\n
This is the first PFWA Executive of the Year honor for Schneider and the Seahawks since the award was established in 1993.<\/p>\n
Joseph completed his fifth season with the Broncos, and his third as defensive coordinator in 2025, after serving as Denver’s head coach from 2017-18. The Broncos defense was third in average points allowed (18.3), led the league in sacks (68; tied for fifth-most in NFL history), held opponents to under 20 points 10 times, including five games when opposing offenses did not score a touchdown \u2013 a franchise record. The Denver defense also was stout in the red zone, holding opponents to a league-low 42.6 percent of touchdowns scored on red zone trips (20 of 47). Denver was second in total defense yards (278.2), second in rushing yards allowed (91.1) and passing yards allowed (187.2). Two of his defenders were PFWA honorees in 2025 as outside linebacker Nik Bonitto was an All-NFL and All-AFC choice, and cornerback Patrick Surtain II was an All-AFC selection.<\/p>\n
Joseph is the second Broncos assistant to receive the PFWA award established in 1993, as he joins Wade Phillips (2015) as a Denver honoree.<\/p>\n
2025 COACH OF THE YEAR: Mike Vrabel, New England Patriots<\/p>\n
2025 EXECUTIVE OF THE YEAR: John Schneider, Seattle Seahawks<\/p>\n
2025 ASSISTANT COACH OF THE YEAR: Vance Joseph, Denver Broncos<\/p>\n
PFWA NFL COACH OF THE YEAR: 1966 \u2013 Tom Landry, Dallas Cowboys; 1967 AFL \u2013 John Rauch, Oakland Raiders; 1967 NFL \u2013 Vince Lombardi, Green Bay Packers; 1968 AFL \u2013 Weeb Ewbank, New York Jets; 1968 NFL \u2013 Don Shula, Baltimore Colts; 1969 AFL \u2013 John Madden, Oakland Raiders; 1969 NFL \u2013 Bud Grant, Minnesota Vikings; 1970 AFC \u2013 Paul Brown, Cincinnati Bengals; 1970 NFC \u2013 Dick Nolan, San Francisco 49ers; 1971 AFC \u2013 Don Shula, Miami Dolphins; 1971 NFC \u2013 George Allen, Washington Redskins; 1972 AFC \u2013 Don Shula, Miami Dolphins; 1972 NFC \u2013 Dan Devine, Green Bay Packers; 1973 AFC \u2013 John Ralston, Denver Broncos; 1973 NFC \u2013 Chuck Knox, Los Angeles Rams; 1974 AFC \u2013 Sid Gilman, Houston Oilers; 1974 NFC \u2013 Don Coryell, St. Louis Cardinals; 1975 AFC \u2013 Ted Marchibroda, Baltimore Colts; 1975 NFC \u2013 Tom Landry, Dallas Cowboys; 1976 AFC \u2013 Chuck Fairbanks, New England Patriots; 1976 NFC \u2013 Jack Pardee, Chicago Bears; 1977 AFC \u2013 Red Miller, Denver Broncos; 1977 NFC \u2013 Leeman Bennett, Atlanta Falcons; 1978 AFC \u2013 Walt Michaels, New York Jets; 1978 NFC \u2013 Dick Vermeil, Philadelphia Eagles; 1979 AFC \u2013 Don Coryell, San Diego Chargers; 1979 NFC \u2013 Dick Vermeil, Philadelphia Eagles; 1980 AFC \u2013 Chuck Knox, Buffalo Bills; 1980 NFC \u2013 Leeman Bennett, Atlanta Falcons; 1981 AFC \u2013 Forrest Gregg, Cincinnati Bengals; 1981 NFC \u2013 Bill Walsh, San Francisco 49ers; 1982 AFC \u2013 Tom Flores, Los Angeles Raiders; 1982 NFC \u2013 Joe Gibbs, Washington Redskins; 1983 AFC \u2013 Chuck Noll, Pittsburgh Steelers; 1983 NFC \u2013 Joe Gibbs, Washington Redskins; 1984 AFC \u2013 Chuck Knox, Seattle Seahawks; 1984 NFC \u2013 Bill Walsh, San Francisco 49ers; 1985 AFC \u2013 Raymond Berry, New England Patriots; 1985 NFC \u2013 Mike Ditka, Chicago Bears; 1986 AFC \u2013 Marty Schottenheimer, Cleveland Browns; 1986 NFC \u2013 Bill Parcells, New York Giants; 1987 AFC \u2013 Ron Meyer, New England Patriots; 1987 NFC \u2013 Jim Mora, New Orleans Saints; 1988 AFC \u2013 Sam Wyche, Cincinnati Bengals; 1988 NFC \u2013 Mike Ditka, Chicago Bears; 1989 AFC \u2013 Chuck Noll, Pittsburgh Steelers; 1989 NFC \u2013 Lindy Infante, Green Bay Packers; 1990 \u2013 Art Shell, Los Angeles Raiders; 1991 \u2013 Wayne Fontes, Detroit Lions; 1992 \u2013 Bobby Ross, San Diego Chargers; 1993 \u2013 Dan Reeves, New York Giants; 1994 \u2013 Bill Parcells, New England Patriots; 1995 \u2013 Dom Capers, Carolina Panthers; 1996 \u2013 Dom Capers, Carolina Panthers; 1997 \u2013 Jim Fassel, New York Giants; 1998 \u2013 Dan Reeves, Atlanta Falcons; 1999 \u2013 Dick Vermeil, St. Louis Rams; 2000 \u2013 Jim Haslett, New Orleans Saints; 2001 \u2013 Dick Jauron, Chicago Bears; 2002 \u2013 Andy Reid, Philadelphia Eagles; 2003 \u2013 Bill Belichick, New England Patriots; 2004 \u2013 Marty Schottenheimer, San Diego Chargers; 2005 \u2013 Lovie Smith, Chicago Bears; 2006 \u2013 Sean Payton, New Orleans Saints; 2007 \u2013 Bill Belichick, New England Patriots; 2008 \u2013 Tony Sparano, Miami Dolphins; 2009 \u2013 Marvin Lewis, Cincinnati Bengals; 2010 \u2013 Bill Belichick, New England Patriots; 2011 \u2013 Jim Harbaugh, San Francisco 49ers; 2012 \u2013 Bruce Arians, Indianapolis Colts; 2013 \u2013 Ron Rivera, Carolina Panthers; 2014 \u2013 Bruce Arians, Arizona Cardinals; 2015 \u2013 Ron Rivera, Carolina Panthers; 2016 \u2013 Jason Garrett, Dallas Cowboys; 2017 \u2013 Sean McVay, Los Angeles Rams; 2018 \u2013 Matt Nagy, Chicago Bears; 2019 \u2013 John Harbaugh, Baltimore Ravens; 2020 \u2013 Kevin Stefanski, Cleveland Browns; 2021 \u2013 Mike Vrabel, Tennessee Titans; 2022 \u2013 Brian Daboll, New York Giants; 2023 \u2013 DeMeco Ryans, Houston Texans; 2024 \u2013 Kevin O’Connell, Minnesota Vikings; 2025 \u2013 Mike Vrabel, New England Patriots.<\/p>\n
PFWA EXECUTIVE OF THE YEAR: 1993 \u2013 George Young, New York Giants; 1994 \u2013 Carmen Policy, San Francisco 49ers; 1995 \u2013 Bill Polian, Carolina Panthers; 1996 \u2013 Bill Polian, Carolina Panthers; 1997 \u2013 George Young, New York Giants; 1998 \u2013 Front Office, Minnesota Vikings; 1999 \u2013 Bill Polian, Indianapolis Colts; 2000 \u2013 Randy Mueller, New Orleans Saints; 2001 \u2013 Charley Armey, St. Louis Rams; 2002 \u2013 Al Davis, Oakland Raiders; 2003 \u2013 Scott Pioli, New England Patriots; 2004 \u2013 A.J. Smith, San Diego Chargers; 2005 \u2013 Bill Polian, Indianapolis Colts; 2006 \u2013 Mickey Loomis, New Orleans Saints; 2007 \u2013 Scott Pioli, New England Patriots; 2008 \u2013 Bill Parcells, Miami Dolphins; 2009 \u2013 Bill Polian, Indianapolis Colts; 2010 \u2013 Scott Pioli, Kansas City Chiefs; 2011 \u2013 Trent Baalke, San Francisco 49ers; 2012 \u2013 Ryan Grigson, Indianapolis Colts; 2013 \u2013 John Dorsey, Kansas City Chiefs; 2014 \u2013 Jerry Jones, Dallas Cowboys; 2015 \u2013 Mike Maccagnan, New York Jets; 2016 \u2013 Reggie McKenzie, Oakland Raiders; 2017 \u2013 Howie Roseman, Philadelphia Eagles; 2018 \u2013 Chris Ballard, Indianapolis Colts; 2019 \u2013 John Lynch, San Francisco 49ers; 2020 \u2013 Brandon Beane, Buffalo Bills; 2021 \u2013 Bill Belichick, New England Patriots; 2022 \u2013 Howie Roseman, Philadelphia Eagles; 2023 \u2013 Brad Holmes, Detroit Lions; 2024 \u2013 Brad Holmes, Detroit Lions; 2025 \u2013 John Schneider, Seattle Seahawks.<\/p>\n
PFWA ASSISTANT COACH OF THE YEAR: 1993 \u2013 Ray Rhodes, Green Bay Packers; 1994 \u2013 Dom Capers, Pittsburgh Steelers; 1995 \u2013 Pete Carroll, San Francisco 49ers; 1996 \u2013 Dave Campo, Dallas Cowboys; 1997 \u2013 John Fox, New York Giants; 1998 \u2013 Brian Billick, Minnesota Vikings; 1999 \u2013 Dom Capers, Jacksonville Jaguars; 2000 \u2013 Marvin Lewis, Baltimore Ravens; 2001 \u2013 Mike Mularkey, Pittsburgh Steelers; 2002 \u2013 Monte Kiffin, Tampa Bay Buccaneers; 2003 \u2013 Romeo Crennel, New England Patriots; 2004 \u2013 Dick LeBeau, Pittsburgh Steelers; 2005 \u2013 Ron Rivera, Chicago Bears; 2006 \u2013 Rex Ryan, Baltimore Ravens; 2007 \u2013 Jason Garrett, Dallas Cowboys; 2008 \u2013 Dick LeBeau, Pittsburgh Steelers; 2009 \u2013 Mike Zimmer, Cincinnati Bengals; 2010 \u2013 Marty Mornhinweg, Philadelphia Eagles; 2011 \u2013 Wade Phillips, Houston Texans; 2012 \u2013 Bruce Arians, Indianapolis Colts; 2013 \u2013 Ken Whisenhunt, San Diego Chargers; 2014 \u2013 Todd Bowles, Arizona Cardinals; 2015 \u2013 (tie) Hue Jackson, Cincinnati Bengals and Wade Phillips, Denver Broncos; 2016 \u2013 Kyle Shanahan, Atlanta Falcons; 2017\u2013 Pat Shurmur, Minnesota Vikings; 2018\u2013 Vic Fangio, Chicago Bears; 2019 \u2013 Greg Roman, Baltimore Ravens; 2020 \u2013 Brian Daboll, Buffalo Bills; 2021 \u2013 Dan Quinn, Dallas Cowboys; 2022 \u2013 DeMeco Ryans, San Francisco 49ers; 2023 \u2013 Mike Macdonald, Baltimore Ravens; 2024 \u2013 Ben Johnson, Detroit Lions; 2025 \u2013 Vance Joseph, Denver Broncos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Schneider’s work helped the Seahawks to the NFC’s No. 1 seed in 2025. Seattle was 14-3 this season,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":696977,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2050],"tags":[7,1263,1264,1167,249,2326,2094,6,208,1679],"class_list":{"0":"post-696976","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-england-patriots","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-hp-article","10":"tag-hp-featured","11":"tag-new-england","12":"tag-new-england-patriots","13":"tag-newengland","14":"tag-newenglandpatriots","15":"tag-nfl","16":"tag-patriots","17":"tag-press-releases"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115940284471809679","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696976","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=696976"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696976\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/696977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=696976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=696976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=696976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}