Super Bowl champion Pete Carroll out as Seattle Seahawks head coach

Pete Carroll is out after 14 seasons as the head coach of the Seattle Seahawks, responsible for two NFC championships and the only Super Bowl title in franchise history during his long tenure. The 72 year old coach is moving into an advisory role with the organization, according to a statement from owner Jody Allen on Wednesday.

Seattle closed the regular season with a 21 20 win at Arizona on Sunday. The Seahawks entered the final two weeks of the regular season with the chance at reaching the playoffs for the 11th time with Carroll in charge, but a Week 17 loss to Pittsburgh left Seattle in need of help it didn't get to close out the season.

Carroll will step aside as the most successful coach in franchise history, but with an unsatisfactory conclusion after several seasons of middling results. He'll forever be lauded as the first coach to bring the Lombardi Trophy to Seattle with the Super Bowl 48 victory over Denver. ROUNDUP NFL's Black Monday: Falcons fire head coach Arthur Smith, Commanders' Ron Rivera dismissed But Carroll never fully recovered from what happened in the Super Bowl a year later with Russell Wilson's goal line interception in the final seconds, and Seattle never experienced another title that could wash away the memories of what happened in Super Bowl 49.

Carroll stepped aside with a 137 69 1 record in his time with the Seahawks. He led Seattle to five NFC West titles and 10 playoff victories. But the Seahawks plateaued toward the end of Carroll's time. Seattle finished with a losing record in 2021, made the playoffs at 9 8 in 2022 and was unable to make the leap that it was expected to being more of a contender in the NFC West this season.

Titans fire head coach Mike Vrabel after back to back losing seasons Carroll himself sounded frustrated going into Week 18 about how this season had gone. "We have a lot of work to do, but the outlook for the future is very positive, because of the makeup of the guys, the way they want to work, the way they go about it," Carroll said.

"They just need to be trained and it needs to come back another year where you see all of those guys that make that jump from year one to year two and from year two to year three. There's going to be a real positive movement for our club." That future for Seattle will be under the watch of a different coach, though.

Despite the lacklustre final chapter, Carroll's tenure in Seattle will be viewed as the most successful run since the franchise arrived in 1976. He ushered in a player friendly environment built around allowing personalities to show within the defined structure of his system. Carroll preached competition, but made it fun along the way..