Offensive coordinator Ryan Grubb was fired by the Seattle Seahawks on Monday.
First-year head coach Mike Macdonald confirmed the move came down to different visions for what the offense should become. He said the Seahawks would move quickly to fill the position.
The Seahawks finished the 2024 season 28th in rushing (95.7 yards per game) and 18th in points per game (22.1).
“We’re going to do our research and be thorough with it. We want to be efficient, we want to move quickly, but we want to be smart as well. We’re just looking for the right fit on the type of person that’s going to come in and lead our offense,” Macdonald said in his weekly radio interview on 710 AM in Seattle. “Not that we weren’t aligned with Ryan, but definitely looking for alignment and shared vision about how we want to operate.”
Macdonald hired Grubb 11 months ago after also interviewing then-UCLA head coach Chip Kelly and being denied an interview request for Giants offensive coordinator Mike Kafka. Kelly was hired as Ohio State offensive coordinator.
With no NFL playcalling experience, Macdonald shrugged off the risk of hiring Grubb on Feb. 13, 2024.
“We did a lot of great things, it’s just that my vision for our offense just ultimately was different from where I thought Ryan thought it was going,” Macdonald said.
Grubb spent the previous two seasons at the University of Washington serving as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. He initially agreed to join former Washington coach Kalen DeBoer at Alabama before the opportunity arose to stay in Seattle with the Seahawks.
DeBoer helped Grubb climb the ranks as a college coach at University of Sioux Falls, where they team from 2007-2013 to win two NAIA championships, and then at Eastern Michigan, Fresno State and Washington.
–Field Level Media
