SEATTLE (AP) — The Seattle Seahawks employed Klint Kubiak as their offensive coordinator on Sunday.
Kubiak’s hiring ends a virtually three-week seek for Seattle, which fired coordinator Ryan Grubb on Jan. 6 after the Seahawks completed twenty eighth within the league in speeding beneath Grubb’s pass-happy assault.
Kubiak spent 2024 because the New Orleans Saints’ offensive coordinator. After the Saints fired coach Dennis Allen in early November, Kubiak stayed on beneath interim coach Darren Rizzi, however was free to depart for one more job because the Saints have but to rent a head coach.
The Saints’ offense struggled after shedding a number of key gamers to accidents, ending twenty first within the league in complete offense, twenty third in passing, 14th in speeding and twenty fourth in scoring.
Kubiak, a son of former NFL quarterback and Tremendous Bowl-winning coach Gary Kubiak, was the Minnesota Vikings’ offensive coordinator in 2021. He spent 2022 because the Denver Broncos’ passing recreation coordinator and quarterbacks coach, and 2023 because the passing recreation coordinator for the San Francisco 49ers.
He started his teaching profession at Texas A&M in 2011. He had earlier stints as an assistant with each the Vikings and Broncos.
Whereas the Seahawks struggled to run the ball in 2024, they set franchise information in passing. Geno Smith threw for a franchise-high 4,320 yards, fourth most within the NFL. Seattle completed eighth within the league in passing with a mean of 236.5 yards per recreation.