New Seattle Seahawks defensive coordinator Clint Hurtt is happy knowing that he was able to get former Chicago Bears defensive coordinator Sean Desai to be a part of his coaching staff.
Hurtt and Desai spent three seasons as colleagues with the Chicago Bears from 2014-16. Hurtt was the Bears assistant defensive line coach and then outside linebacker coach under coordinator Vic Fangio while Desai served as a quality control coach. That shared experience and relationship made Desai someone Hurtt eagerly hoped would come join him in Seattle.
“If you’re a secondary coach and you become a coordinator, then you’ll need a really strong D-line coach. You want someone who’s really strong and that, you know, on the other side or the back-end or front-end, that’s opposite of you, and working that out. And because of Sean, I worked with him for three years in Chicago, so we already had a great relationship. We always spoke all the time. So when the opportunity came for us to have him…
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