2007 MEDIA GUIDE - Seahawks Online Media Packet

ASSISTANT COACHES 40Named to his current position on January14, 1999, Nolan Cromwell enters his 28th NFLseason; the first 11 as a Pro Bowl-caliber safetyand the last 16 as an assistant coach.Cromwell enters 2007 without DarrellJackson for the first time since 1999. UnderCromwell’s guidance, Jackson finished hiscareer ranking fourth in Seattle history incatches (441), third in yards (6,445) and secondin receiving touchdowns (47).This season, Cromwell’s receiving corps isled by Super Bowl XXXIX MVP Deion Branch,who tied (D.J. Hackett) for second on theteam with four touchdowns, Hackett and 12-year veteran Bobby Engram. Also in the mixis Nate Burleson, who caught 68 balls formore than 1,000 yards while with Minnesotain 2004.In 2005, Engram led the team in catches(67) and yards (778) for his best season since1999.Cromwell’s 2002 receivers helped set franchiserecords for most 300-yard (5) and 400-yard (2) passing games and in 2003 helpedQB Matt Hasselbeck set a franchise recordwith 3,841 passing yards.In 1999, he helped Derrick Mayes have acareer year, leading the team in receptions(62) and touchdowns (10).In 1998, Cromwell coached the Green BayPackers' wide receivers under MikeHolmgren, after serving as special teamscoach from 1992-97.Cromwell's squad included Pro Bowlstandout Antonio Freeman who establishedcareer-highs leading the NFL with 1,424yards on 84 receptions. Overall, the Packerspassing game accounted for 33 touchdownsthat year, while helping guide the team to asixth-consecutive postseason appearance.Before taking over the wide receivers,Cromwell coached Green Bay's aggressivespecial teams units. One of the league's mostfeared punt return teams, the Packers pacedthe NFL in 1996 with a 15.1-yard return average.That year, his group of field position war-Seahawks Experience: 9th YearNFL Experience: 17th Yearriors also led the league by scoring 24 points,and adding another two touchdowns in thepostseason en route to a Super Bowl XXXIvictory. On five different weekends duringthe 1996 season, one of Cromwell's playerswas honored as Special Teams Player of theWeek.Prior to taking on duties with the Packers,Cromwell coached on John Robinson's LosAngeles Rams staff as a defensive and specialteams assistant in 1991.A second-round draft choice by the Ramsin 1977, Cromwell played his entire 11-yearcareer for Los Angeles, earning four Pro Bowlberths, an NFC Defensive Player of the Yearaward (Kansas City Committee of 101) in1980, and an NFL Defensive Back of the Yearaward (Football Digest) in 1984.He ended his Rams career as the team'sall-time leader in interception return yardagewith 671 yards on 37 picks. He was also amember of the Rams' Super Bowl XIV teamfollowing the 1979 season.An All-America wishbone quarterback atKansas, Cromwell established an NCAA single-gamerushing record for quarterbackswith 294 yards as a junior, after playing safetyhis first two collegiate seasons. He alsowas an accomplished decathlete in track.Born on January 30, 1955, in Kansas,Nolan and his wife, Mary, have two children,Lance and Jennifer.CROMWELL’S COACHING CAREER1991 Los Angeles RamsDefense/Special TeamsAssistant1992-97 Green Bay PackersSpecial Teams1998 Green Bay PackersWide Receivers1999- Seattle SeahawksWide Receivers