- Gil Haskell
NFL PlayerCoach
name=Gil Haskell
DateOfBirth=Birth date and age|1943|9|24|mf=y
Birthplace=
Position=Offensive coordinator
College=
coach=yes
coachingyears=1978-1982
1983-1992
1992-1997
1998-1999
2000-"present"
coachingteams=USC
Los Angeles RamsGreen Bay Packers Carolina Panthers Seattle Seahawks
Championships=2005NFC Championship
SuperBowls=1996Super Bowl XXXI Gil Haskell (born
September 24 ,1943 ) is a long time NFL coach and the currentOffensive Coordinator of theSeattle Seahawks . He began his career in the NFL as a ball boy with theSan 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 theLos Angeles Rams , coaching special teams, running backs and tight ends for 9 seasons. In 1992 he joined theGreen 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 theSeattle Seahawks in 1998 Haskell accepted theOffensive Coordinator position with theCarolina 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 theOakland Raiders position when the Raiders firedNorv Turner after the 2005 season. [cite web | title = Seattle Times Story | url =http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/seahawks/2002746038_kell18.html | accessdate = 18 January | accessyear = 2006] That position was eventually filled with the hiring ofArt Shell .Gil and his wife Nancy have four grown daughters, Paula, Patty, Jenny and Julie and live in
Kirkland, Washington .References
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