Seattle Seahawks: New OC Shane Waldron brings Rams offense to Seattle
Chris Phillips
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The Seattle Seahawks hired Shane Waldron to be the new offensive coordinator. He’s a great choice to marry #LetRussCook and Coach Pete’s “Ground and Pound.”
It’s official; the Seattle Seahawks have their new offensive coordinator. Well, almost official. He hasn’t signed the contract yet. But unless Shane Waldron pulls a Josh McDaniels, he’s the guy. McDaniels is a one-in-a-million, and I don’t mean that in a positive way. I can’t see any other self-respecting coach ever agree to coach a team only to back out a few hours before the introductory press conference.
He now takes over the job from Brian Schottenheimer. His goal is to get an offense filled with talented skill players back to the Super Bowl. We take a closer look at Waldron’s career so far and what he can bring to Seattle.
Pre-NFL Bio
Waldron is a Pacific Northwest native, born in Portland, OR. He’s a former football player and graduate of Tufts University in Somerville, Massachusetts. It’s a Division III school whose mascot is the Jumbo Elephant.
Waldron played long snapper and tight end for the football. In 2002, his graduation year, he interned with the New England Patriots. He followed that up with three seasons as a graduate assistant at Notre Dame. He returned to the Pats in 2008 as their quality control coach. A year later, he became the tight ends coach.
Next on his resume was a four-year stint at UMass, coaching tight ends and offensive line. That was followed by a year with UFL’s Hartford Colonials, coaching wide receivers, and finally, a high school offensive coordinator in Cambridge, MA.