Pete Carroll Retire? Seahawks Coach ‘Having the Time of My Life!’

Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll, at 71 years old, is the oldest coach in the NFL today. And … so what?

Wise elders are fond of saying that hanging around a younger generation helps them feel young and invigorated themselves.

Count Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll, at 71 years old, as among the “young and invigorated.”

“I'm having the time of my life right now. This team we're building right now is as fun as any team we've ever had,” Carroll said in a recent visit on The Richard Sherman Podcast. 

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Carroll is the oldest coach in the NFL … a definitively “young man’s game.” But his vision does not seem to include retirement plans. The quality of Seahawks team he has helped rebuild into a contender is obviously among the reasons for that.

Right now,” he said, “I don't even care about that thought, like how long or whatever.”

One great philosophy - a pet phrase in fact of Dan Quinn, the Seahawks former defensive coordinator Dan Quinn now with the Dallas Cowboys - is to “be where your feet are.” In short, it’s a reminder to enjoy the moment as you are living it … without being overly concerned about what might await way over the horizon.

Carroll is enjoying being where his feet are with a team that was a surprising playoff entrant a year ago and is in play this year as a possible top-five team in the NFC.

While it's definitely a common question considering how long he has been plying his trade in the NFL, Carroll admitted that retirement is 

“I'm thrilled by the thought that this is Year 13 0r 12 or 14, whatever the heck it is, that we've been here,” Carroll said, “because to me it has never been about winning the one time. It's, ‘How long you can keep winning?’ ‘How long you can keep going?”

The Seahawks - even under Carroll's leadership - seemed for a moment in the post-Russell Wilson trade era to be in need of patience from the Seattle faithful before the franchise might once again experience more of “the time of their lives.”

But the Seahawks seem to be trending toward being in very good shape as a team. And so, at 71 years young, does coach Pete Carroll.

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