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The Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks are on top of the world right now, and they\u2019re doing it with a former Baltimore Ravens<\/a> assistant coach Mike Macdonald as head coach<\/a>.<\/p>\n Now, Macdonald is getting to take what he wants in terms of filling out his coaching staff, and what he wants is a key member of the Ravens\u2019 coaching staff.<\/p>\n \u201cSources: Ravens director of football strategy\/assistant quarterbacks coach Daniel Stern is leaving Baltimore to accept a job with the Seattle Seahawks, possibly as their pass-game strategist,\u201d ESPN\u2019s Adam Schefter<\/a> wrote on his official X account on Friday. \u201cBut he is off to Seattle.\u201d<\/p>\n Macdonald graduated with honors from Yale and spent the last decade as an assistant to head coach John Harbaugh on the Ravens.<\/p>\n In 2019, Good Morning Football\u2019s Peter Schrager<\/a> brought Stern to the football world\u2019s attention in a GMF segment.<\/p>\n \u201cDaniel Stern is a 25-year-old graduate from Yale who might be the secret weapon to the Baltimore Ravens\u2019 offense,\u201d Schrager said. \u201cHis title is football analyst, but his real title is offensive coordinator Greg Roman\u2019s right hand man \u2026 he is a strategy wizard.\u201d<\/p>\n Ravens Left Longing After Seattle\u2019s Super Bowl Win<\/p>\n The Ravens\u2019 biggest fears became reality on February 8 in Super Bowl LX as the Seahawks throttled the New England Patriots<\/a>, 29-13, and Macdonald took his place among the game\u2019s all-time greatest head coaches in just his second season.<\/p>\n It was a painful watch for a large chunk of Ravens fans who wanted the franchise to jettison former head coach John Harbaugh for Macdonald in 2024.<\/p>\n Harbaugh was fired after an 8-9 season in 2025 after 18 seasons and 1 Super Bowl win for the Ravens and became the head coach of the New York Giants<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Ravens hired another former assistant, 42-year-old\u00a0Los Angeles Chargers<\/a>\u00a0defensive coordinator Jesse Minter, as their new head coach on January 22.<\/p>\n Harbaugh was hired as head coach of the\u00a0New York Giants<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cMike\u00a0Macdonald\u00a0left the\u00a0Ravens\u00a0and won a Super Bowl,\u201d The Ravens Realm wrote on its official X account. \u201cCongratulations\u00a0Mike, you deserve it all.\u201d<\/p>\n The Ravens opened as one of the favorites to win Super Bowl LXI on Sunday, February 14, 2027, at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles, with 13-1 odds.<\/p>\n \u201cOne of the biggest what ifs in Ravens history,\u201d\u00a0Locked on Ravens\u2019 Kevin Oestricher<\/a>\u00a0wrote on X. \u201cWhat if Mike Macdonald never went to the Seahawks?\u201d<\/p>\n Both Harbaughs Guided Macdonald\u2019s Career<\/p>\n Macdonald spent the decade before he was hired as Seattle\u2019s head coach before the 2024 season working for either current\u00a0Chargers<\/a>\u00a0head coach Jim Harbaugh or John Harbaugh.<\/p>\n He was a Ravens assistant from 2014 to 2020, starting as an intern and working his way up to a defensive position coach for defensive backs and linebackers before spending 2021 as the University of Michigan\u2019s defensive coordinator under Jim Harbaugh.<\/p>\n After guiding the Wolverines\u2019 defense to a Big Ten title and the College Football Playoff, Macdonald returned for 2 seasons, including a virtuoso defensive effort in 2023 where the Ravens held opponents to 17 points or less in their final 6 regular season and postseason games, including an AFC Championship Game loss to the\u00a0Kansas City Chiefs<\/a>.<\/p>\n Minter also spent time as an assistant to Jim Harbaugh, winning a national championship as Michigan\u2019s defensive coordinator following the 2023 season.<\/p>\n \n\t\t\tTony Adame<\/a> covers the NFL for Heavy.com, with a focus on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Washington Commanders, Dallas Cowboys, Baltimore Ravens, Philadelphia Eagles and Denver Broncos. 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