"His experience as passing game coordinator with the 2021 Jacksonville Jaguars, going through the mess of Urban Meyer's disastrous 13-game span, had him beaten down. Before that season, his father, Marty, passed away. He was a season removed from a successful three-year run as the Seattle Seahawks' offensive coordinator with quarterback Russell Wilson putting up his best numbers, but he and coach Pete Carroll agreed to part ways."
"A coach at the NFL and college level since 1997, Schottenheimer, then 48, was ready for a break, passing on some NFL assistant coach opportunities. "I kind of lost a little bit of the love of it, I think," Schottenheimer said. "I think I was -- not in a dark spot because people have way darker days than I have -- but I wanted to reconnect with my family a little bit, and so I did think about potentially taking the year.""
Brian Schottenheimer considered taking a year off after a draining 2021 season with the Jacksonville Jaguars and the death of his father, Marty. He had just completed a successful three-year stint as the Seattle Seahawks' offensive coordinator with Russell Wilson but parted ways with coach Pete Carroll. A coach at NFL and college levels since 1997, Schottenheimer, then 48, passed on some assistant-coaching opportunities to reconnect with family. Dallas Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy, a longtime friend who had been in Schottenheimer's wedding and worked with Marty Schottenheimer in Kansas City, offered a consultant role after Ben McAdoo left for the Panthers, and Schottenheimer accepted to stay involved under McCarthy and Dan Quinn.
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