2007 MEDIA GUIDE - Seahawks Online Media Packet

SUSAN DARRINGTONVICE PRESIDENTFACILITY OPERATIONS &SERVICESSusan Darrington entersher fourth season as VicePresident of Facility Operationsand Services. Inthis role, she is responsiblefor all aspects relatingto facility operations,events management andservice at Qwest Fieldand Event Center hometo over 1.5 million guestsand 300 events annually. Darrington is afacility management executive with over 16years of diverse experience in arenas, conventioncenters, ballparks and stadiums inNorth America. She began her career atRexall Place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canadaand joined First & Goal Inc. as Director ofEvent Operations in 2000, after working as anevent coordinator at the Washington StateTrade and Convention Center. UnderDarrington’s leadership, Qwest Field wasvoted the Fan Friendliest stadium in professionalsports in 2005. Darrington holds aBachelor’s degree in Human ServicesManagement from Western WashingtonUniversity.MIKE FLOODVICE PRESIDENTCOMMUNITY RELATIONSMike Flood enters his11th season with theSeahawks after joiningthe staff on July 1, 1997.Flood served as CommunityOutreach Directorfor Football Northwestprior to joining theSeahawks. He helpedspearhead the statewidecampaign thatresulted in the passage of Referendum 48 tobuild the new football/soccer stadium andexhibition complex. A Seattle native, Floodattended Blanchet High School for three yearsbefore graduating from McLean High Schoolin McLean, Virginia. He received a B.A.Degree in Industrial Education fromWashington State University and a Master’sDegree in Education from the University ofNorth Carolina. Flood owned and operated anagricultural flying service in Fort Scott,Kansas, before joining the Coast Guard. Heserved as a pilot and Civil Engineering Officerin the Guard flying C130s, Dassault Falconjets, and H60 Jayhawk helicopters. He man-aged Public Relations for the Coast Guard inKodiak, Alaska. From 1994-96 he was theAir/Sea Rescue Operations Officer for coastalOregon and Washington. Flood retired as aCommander in 1996 after 20 years in the service.He and his wife Marty, have a son Danand a daughter, Shannon.JOHN IDZIKVICE PRESIDENTFOOTBALL ADMINISTRATIONJohn Idzik begins hisfirst season with theSeahawks after joiningthe club on February 16,2007. He spent the lastthree seasons as SeniorDirector of FootballOperations for theArizona Cardinals. WithSeattle, Idzik overseesplayer negotiations, theteam’s compliance with the NFL salary capand several aspects of the day-to-day footballoperation. Idzik entered the NFL in 1993 withthe Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He spent 11 yearswith the club, first as a pro personnel assistantand then was elevated to director of footballadministration in 1996 and assistant generalmanager in 2001. Prior to joining theBuccaneers, Idzik spent the 1991-92 seasonsas a graduate assistant at Duke University,where he coached the offensive line. In 1990he was the offensive backfield coach for theAberdeen Oilers (Scotland) of the BritishAmerican Football League. Idzik’s first coachingassignment came in 1982 as the receiverscoach at the State University of New York atBuffalo. Raised in a football family, Idzik’sfather, John, was the head coach of thatAberdeen club after serving as an NFL assistantcoach with the Miami Dolphins,Baltimore Colts, Philadelphia Eagles, and N.Y.Jets. They became one of the NFL’s few fathersonSuper Bowl champions in 2002 whenIdzik’s Buccaneers won Super Bowl XXXVII,as his father was the offensive backfield coachof the 1970 world champion Baltimore Colts.A native of Detroit, Idzik graduated magnacum laude from Dartmouth College in 1982,where he also played wide receiver. He laterearned a master’s degree in liberal studiesfrom Duke University in 1992. Idzik and hiswife, Carol, have two sons, Bryant andBradley, and a daughter, Holly.23FRONT OFFICE 23