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Adam Caplan (of Scout.com) is reporting that a source has confirmed that the Seahawks will hire Sherman Smith to coach running backs. Smith was the offensive coordinator for Jim Zorn's doomed-from-the-start Redskins the past two years, but before that had coached Tennessee's running backs for something like a decade. This essentially completes the coaching staff hires:

Offense

  • Jeremy Bates - Offensive Coordinator
  • Alex Gibbs - O-Line coach
  • Jedd Fisch - QB coach
  • Pat McPherson - TE coach
  • Kippy Brown - WR coach
  • Sherman Smith - RB coach

Defense

  • Gus Bradley - Defensive Coordinator
  • Dan Quinn - D-Line coach
  • Ken Norton, Jr. - LB coach
  • Jerry Gray - DB coach

Assistant coaches will likely be named soon-ish.

Sherman Smith was a running back for 7 seasons in Seattle when the franchise was in it's infancy. Welcome back, Sherman!