Gil Haskell

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Gil Haskell
Date of birth September 24, 1943
Position(s) Offensive coordinator
Super Bowl
      Wins
1996 Super Bowl XXXI
Championships
         Won
2005 NFC Championship
Team(s) as a coach/administrator
1978-1982
1983-1992
1992-1997
1998-1999
2000-present
University of Southern California
Los Angeles Rams
Green Bay Packers
Carolina Panthers
Seattle Seahawks

Gil Haskell (born September 24, 1943) is a long time NFL coach and the current Offensive Coordinator of the Seattle Seahawks. He began his career in the NFL as a ball boy with the San Francisco 49ers while his uncle Dr. William O’Grady was a part owner of the franchise. After 22 years in various roles in the 49ers organization Haskell left for USC, spending 5 seasons as an assistant coach. He broke into the NFL as a coach in 1983 with the Los Angeles Rams, coaching special teams, running backs and tight ends for 9 seasons. In 1992 he joined the Green Bay Packers where he became part of Mike Holmgren's staff for the first time as a running back coach and wide receiver coach. When Holmgren left Green Bay for the Seattle Seahawks in 1998 Haskell accepted the Offensive Coordinator position with the Carolina Panthers. The next season he reunited with Holmgren in Seattle in the same role, a position he continues to hold. He has indicated that he would like to be a head coach in the NFL and even launched a low key campaign for the Oakland Raiders position when the Raiders fired Norv Turner after the 2005 season.[1] That position was eventually filled with the hiring of Art Shell.

Gil and his wife Nancy have four grown daughters, Paula, Patty, Jenny and Julie and live in Kirkland, Washington.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Seattle Times Story. Retrieved on 18 January 2006.