Some more additions to the coaching staff.

Jimjones0384":isjgmgqv said:

https://www.google.com/amp/profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2017/03/02/seahawks-add-tom-donatell-to-coaching-staff-promote-three/amp/

Hope this is good news.

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Coaching Staff Additions:

Tom Donatell (Quality Control/Defense)

Clint Hurtt (Defensive Line)
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Title Changes:

Heath Farwell (Assistant Special Teams)

John Glenn (Assistant Linebackers)

Chad Morton (Running Backs)

Nick Sorensen (Assistant Defensive Backs)
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Coaching Staff Departures:

Sherman Smith (Running Backs)

Lofa Tatupu (Assistant Linebackers)

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Biography

Hired on March 17, 2014, as assistant special teams coach, Morton joined the Seahawks after spending four seasons in the same role with the Green Bay Packers. In 2015, he will also work with running backs.

Morton’s contributions in Green Bay affected various aspects of the return game, where Randall Cobb remained an explosive factor on kick returns and was named a first alternate for the Pro Bowl as a kick returner in 2013. Cobb ultimately paired his proficiency on returns with his emergence as the offense’s go-to receiver and became the first player in NFL history to have 900-plus kickoff return yards (964) and receiving yards (954) in the same season.

..... A former return specialist himself, Morton was instrumental in helping acclimate Cobb to the pro game.

A seven-year NFL veteran as a player, Morton was a running back and kick/punt returner who began his career with New Orleans in 2000 as a fifth-round draft pick. Serving primarily as a returner as a pro, Morton tallied 5,401 career kickoff-return yards and three kick-return scores, as well as 1,431 career punt-return yards and one score, in 93 career games. He was selected as a Pro Bowl alternate as a returner in 2002 and 2005.

He is the only player in NFL history to return a kickoff for a touchdown in regulation and overtime in the same game (at Buffalo, 9/8/02) and joins Chicago’s Dave Williams (at Detroit, Nov. 27, 1980) as the only players in NFL history to return a kickoff for a touchdown in overtime.

In 2000 with the Saints, Morton tied the NFL single-game playoff record with 13 receptions, against the Minnesota Vikings. [urltargetblank]http://www.seahawks.com/team/coaches/roster/chad-morton[/urltargetblank]

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