Ex-Seahawks coach Pete Carroll ‘not desiring’ a return to coaching, but is rejoining USC to teach

Former Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll may be known as Professor Pete soon as he takes on an unknown teaching position at USC. (Photo by Alika Jenner/Getty Images)

Pete Carroll, former Seattle Seahawks head coach, is trodding on unfamiliar territory this fall. For the first time in nearly 25 years, the college football and NFL seasons are about to start and he doesn’t have a coaching job.

As wrong as that seems, considering the 72-year-old Carroll has spent his entire professional life as a football coach and been successful at both the college and pro level, the decision is his choice.

“I could coach tomorrow,” Carroll recently told Seattle sports radio station 93.3 KJR. “I’m physically in the best shape I’ve been in in a long time. I’m ready to do all the activities that I’m doing and feeling really good about it. I could, but I don’t really — I’m not desiring it at this point.”

The latest — and perhaps last — chapter of Carroll’s coaching career ended in January when he and the Seahawks parted ways after 14 years. He wasn’t in the mix for any of the other head coaching jobs this offseason, but that doesn’t mean he’ll spend the football season watching Red Zone and making notes.

Instead, Carroll will return to USC, where he served as head coach from 2001-2009, to take a teaching job. He wasn’t able to reveal any details, but he said “It’s going to be a really exciting endeavor when it’s finalized and all that.”

“I’m excited about it because there’s more stuff to teach,” he said. “There’s more stuff to share. Everybody wants to know what I’m doing and all that, am I coaching or what am I doing, I’m working with some really fun people and some exciting opportunities to do some really cool stuff and putting things together … for others, so I’m going to keep working that way and see what happens.”

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Publish date : 2024-08-21 13:54:07

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