4750 days after Peter Clay Carroll had been introduced as the following head coach of the Seattle Seahawks, information broke that there was an “amicable settlement” that the Seattle Seahawks can be transferring on seeking yet one more new head coach. January eighth, 2010 to January tenth, 2024 was a 14-year span that included a number of the most memorable soccer video games I’ve personally ever witnessed, and a handful I’d like to overlook, however total, the legacy left by Pete Carroll is certainly one of greatness.
It’s uncommon {that a} coach leaves a workforce higher than it was when he took over, however as a result of that’s precisely what Pete did, the longer term with Mike Macdonald is vivid. We must always all be excited concerning the state of the Seahawks at present, however I do know I’m not the one individual questioning what Pete’s been as much as and what’s subsequent for him.
We’ve seen him on the College of Washington’s soccer practices, and even a highschool basketball recreation, however in any other case he’s seemingly laid low since his departure.
If we had been speaking about actually every other human at Pete’s age, not a single certainly one of us can be inquisitive about what was subsequent. We might all assume retirement is the one factor left. In fact we’re speaking about Pete although, and everyone knows he doesn’t know easy methods to stop. Maybe the one shock was the eight months it took to lastly hear from the person himself when he sat down for an interview with the legendary Doug Baldwin and Dave ‘Softy’ Mahler on Sports activities Radio 93.3 KJR-FM.
Within the interview, Pete mentioned the roots of his philosophy and his influence as a frontrunner of males, and in addition talked about he had only recently returned from Kuwait, the place he had been teaching the troops in a basketball event.
Pete Carroll tells @Softykjr & @DougBaldwinJr on @933KJR when he visited U.S. navy bases in Kuwait not too long ago with basketball coaches he coached a basketball workforce of Air Pressure personnel. The ex-#Seahawks coach informed them there’s by no means a 3-pt shot he’d flip down, so begin gunnin’
— Gregg Bell (@gbellseattle) August 21, 2024
The bombshell information, nevertheless, got here a bit later within the interview when Pete talked about that his plan is to return to USC. This time, not as a coach of soccer, however as a coach of younger minds in an instructional setting.
“It’s going to be a very thrilling endeavor when it’s finalized,” Carroll mentioned.
Staying true to his character, he was pretty imprecise about what precisely that may entail, but it surely’s not onerous to think about what a category taught by Professor Pete would possibly appear like. The category can be taught in Spring 2025.
When requested about whether or not he would proceed teaching, he was clear that he may however his need to take action wasn’t there in the intervening time.
“I’m not needing it at this level. This isn’t the teaching season. We’ll see what occurs. I’m not ready on it in any respect. I’m going forward. I’ve obtained different issues that I wish to do this I’m enthusiastic about, and I’m going to see how all that goes. I’m not pondering that I’m holding my breath and that sort of factor. If it’s been 40-something years, 48 years or no matter teaching, and that’s it, I’ll really feel OK about that.”
It’s clear that Pete, who can be 73 years younger in lower than a month, has no intentions of settling down anytime quickly.
Finest a part of Pete Carroll’s interview with @933KJR yesterday was Doug Baldwin telling Pete “sit your ass down” and spend time together with his spouse, Glena. It’s not like Pete expressed need to do the other, however you would simply really feel the luv there, in essentially the most Doug means attainable lol
— Dugar, Michael-Shawn (@MikeDugar) August 21, 2024
Carroll, who was moved to an advisory position (in keeping with the workforce), additionally indicated that whereas he had a dialog with Mike Macdonald after working into him within the parking zone, he’s different had no communication with the Seahawks since his dismissal.
“I’m purposely staying away from it,” he mentioned. “And I’m not visiting with them in any respect.
“It simply feels prefer it’s the best factor to do to allow them to go and I don’t actually have an opinion [on how the Seahawks coaching staff is doing] aside from I do know they’re actually onerous working and it’s a very sensible group of fellows and I do know that they’ve group round them to construct on.”
Within the eight months which have handed since Pete’s departure, quite a bit has modified throughout the Seattle Seahawks group, however Pete himself has not modified a bit. The identical energetic, aggressive man everyone knows and love continues to be as much as his previous methods, guiding and shaping younger minds. Within the meantime, I’ll be filling out the FAFSA varieties and enrolling at USC for the spring semester.
