Seahawks With Bay Area Connections Ahead of Week 2 at San Francisco 49ers

The Seattle Seahawks head to Santa Clara this weekend to face the San Francisco 49ers in Week 2. For both players and coaches, this will be a reunion of sorts – here’s a look at which Seahawks are headed home or have ties to the bay area.

Seahawks Head Coach Pete Carroll spent his formative years in Marin County – born in San Francisco, raised in Greenbrae. Carroll starred on the football field for Larkspur High before heading to Marin College. After a brief spell, Carroll transferred to the University of the Pacific, where coach Chester Caddas remembers him shining at free safety. Caddas recalled the type of player Carroll was and his first-impression of him on the basketball court in a 2014 interview with Record Net.

“His enthusiasm and the way he hustled, it was like it was the finals of the NCAA Tournament, but it was just guys playing in a gym,” said Caddas, who’s now retired and living in Lexington, Ky. “He was a tremendous player for us. A free safety in our 3-deep look and he played the entire field. He was tall, rangy, smart and he really understood his responsibilities.”