Seahawks Plan To Hire Aden Durde As Defensive Coordinator

Seahawks Plan To Hire Aden Durde As Defensive Coordinator

10 months ago

The Seattle Seahawks plan to hire Aden Durde as their new defensive coordinator, according to a source. Born in England, Durde played in NFL Europe and the NFL before starting his coaching career. The 44-year-old will now take on a big role coordinating Seattle's defense on new head coach Mike MacDonald's staff. Durde was the Dallas Cowboys' defensive line coach for the last three seasons under then-defensive coordinator Dan Quinn. He also served as a coaching intern in 2016 for the Atlanta Falcons before becoming a defensive assistant from 2018-19 and the outside linebackers coach in 2020 while Quinn was the head coach. He started his NFL coaching career as an intern with the Cowboys from 2014-15. MacDonald said he will initially call the defensive plays with the plan to eventually hand over those duties to a defensive coordinator.

Source: NFL Network - Tom Pelissero