Jim Zorn

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Jim Zorn
Date of birth	May 10, 1953
Place of birth	Whittier, California
Position(s)	Quarterback Quarterback coach
College	Cal Poly, Pomona
Honors	Seahawks Ring of Honor
Playing Stats	Pro Football Reference
Playing Stats	DatabaseFootball
Team(s) as a player
1976-1984 1985 1986 1987	Seattle Seahawks Green Bay Packers Winnipeg Blue Bombers Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Team(s) as a coach/administrator
1988-1991 1992-1994 1995-1996 1997-1998 1998-2000 2001-present	Boise State Utah State University University of Minnesota Seattle Seahawks Detroit Lions Seattle Seahawks

James Arthur Zorn (born May 10, 1953 in Whittier, California, USA) was an American football quarterback, best known for starting for the Seattle Seahawks National Football League franchise their first seven seasons, until being replaced by Dave Krieg midway through the 1983 season, the Seahawks' first playoff campaign. Zorn is closely associated with his favorite target, Hall of Famer wide receiver Steve Largent; Largent was the first Seahawk inducted into the team's "Ring of Honor" (1989), and Zorn was second (1991). Zorn was named AFC Offensive Rookie of the Year after the 1976-77 season, and the Seahawks' Most Valuable Player.

After playing for the Seahawks, Zorn played one season with the Green Bay Packers (1985), another with the Canadian Football League's Winnipeg Blue Bombers (1986), and one with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1987), who ironically, were the other new expansion team in the Seahawks' inaugural season (1976).

Zorn returned to football the next season as a coach. In college football (which he had played at Cal Poly Pomona) he was the Boise State University offensive assistant/quarterbacks from 1988 to 1991; the offensive coordinator for Utah State from 1992 to 1994; and the quarterback coach for the University of Minnesota from 1995 to 1996.

Back in the pros, Zorn spent the 1997-98 as an offensive assistant for the Seahawks and the next two years (1998-00) as the quarterback coach for the Detroit Lions.

As of 2005, Zorn is back with the Seahawks, now as their quarterback coach (since the 2001-02 season).

He graduated from Gahr High School in 1971, and played college football at Cal Poly Pomona.

[edit] Family connections

In 2004, Zorn's daughter Sarah, and Largent's son Kramer, who was born with spina bifida and appeared in a related United Way commercial, were both members of the Seattle Pacific University crew team.

Preceded by: First Starting Quarterback	Seattle Seahawks Starting Quarterbacks 1976-1982	Succeeded by: Dave Krieg
Preceded by: Lynn Dickey	Green Bay Packers Starting Quarterbacks 1985	Succeeded by: Randy Wright