Yahoo Sports Seahawks hiring Klint Kubiak as next OC after short stint with Saints
Coordinator is coming off rough run with Saints, who went 5-12 and saw their head coach fired during the season
Head coach Mike Macdonald and the Seattle Seahawks have their next offensive coordinator.
The Seahawks struck a deal Sunday afternoon to bring in Klint Kubiak to fill the position, the NFL Network's Ian Rapoport reported. Kubiak spent last season in that role with the New Orleans Saints.
Macdonald fired offensive coordinator Ryan Grubb after a single season earlier this month. Grubb was hired after leading the University of Washington to the national championship game while in the same position.
The Seahawks largely struggled under Grubb's watch. They went 10-7 this past season — which is their best record since the 2020 campaign — but missed the playoffs for a second straight season. Seattle ranked 21st in offensive scoring with 20 points per contest, and 28th in rushing with 95.7 yards per game.
Kubiak will step in to his third offensive coordinator job in the league. He held that position briefly with the Minnesota Vikings in 2021, losing that gig when head coach Mike Zimmer was fired. He worked as an assistant coach with the Denver Broncos and San Francisco 49ers before landing in New Orleans. The Saints then fired head coach Dennis Allen during the season, and the organization is still looking for a replacement. That put Kubiak's job in jeopardy, and he's been interviewing across the league ever since.
While the Saints are coming off an awful campaign, it's hard to put much of that blame on Kubiak's shoulders. The team went 5-12, which included a brutal seven-game losing streak. The Saints dealt with several significant injuries, one of them to starting quarterback Derek Carr.
Though he has limited experience in the role and neither of his first two stints went well, Macdonald feels that Kubiak can jump in and help guide quarterback Geno Smith and Seattle's offense back to the playoffs.
