Pete Carroll lands NFL head coach interview

Feb 25, 2020; Indianapolis, Indiana, USA; Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll speaks to the media during the 2020 NFL Combine in the Indianapolis Convention Center. Mandatory Credit: Trevor Ruszkowski-USA TODAY Sports

Pete Carroll has interest in coaching in the NFL again next season, and the former Super Bowl champion has secured at least one interview.

Carroll will interview with the Chicago Bears for their head coach job on Thursday, ESPN’s Dan Graziano reports.

News surfaced last month that Carroll wants to return to the NFL sideline and has been eyeing the Bears job. The interest is obviously mutual enough that Chicago’s brass is willing to hear what Carroll has to say.

Carroll was the head coach of the Seattle Seahawks from 2010-2023. Many were stunned when the team pushed him out after last season given the success Carroll had. The Seahawks won a championship under Carroll in 2013 and returned to the Super Bowl the following year, when they lost to the New England Patriots.

The Seahawks clearly wanted to get younger, as they replaced the 73-year-old Carroll with 37-year-old Mike Macdonald. Seattle went 10-7 in their first season under Macdonald but missed the playoffs.

Carroll openly said he wanted to keep his job with the Seahawks. He had interest in at least one other NFL head coach job after Seattle chose to part ways with him.

Carroll also coached the New England Patriots in the 1990s. He has a record of 170-120-1 as an NFL head coach. He went 137-89-1 in Seattle and missed the playoffs just four times in 14 seasons.