2007 MEDIA GUIDE - Seahawks Online Media Packet

ASSISTANT COACHES 52Jacksonville (9/11). Marshall assumed interimduties at the time but Rhodes was stillinvolved in defensive meetings and saw hisgroup lead the NFL with 50 sacks, allow onlyone 100-yard rusher, finish second in the NFLin red zone defense (40.4%), rushing touchdownsallowed (5) and saw rookie linebackerLofa Tatupu earn a trip to the Pro Bowl.Rhodes has 26 years of NFL experience asa coach, including 12 as either defensive coordinatoror head coach. As a coordinator, onlythree of his defensive units have finished outsideof the top 10.Rhodes and Holmgren reunited afterRhodes served in the same position for theGreen Bay Packers from 1992-93. While inGreen Bay, Rhodes improved the Packersdefense to second in the NFL in his two seasons,and in 1993, helped the Holmgren-ledPackers to their first playoff appearance since1982. He produced a pair of Pro Bowlers hissecond season (S LeRoy Butler and DE ReggieWhite), the first time that had happened in 15seasons. Safety Chuck Cecil earned a ProBowl nod under his tutelage in 1992.Prior to joining the Seahawks, Rhodesspent two seasons in Denver as defensivecoordinator where he took the 24th-rankeddefense in 2000 and improved it to eighth in2001, and sixth in 2002. Three players receivedPro Bowl invitations following his first season(CB Deltha O’Neal, DT Trevor Pryce and LB AlWilson) while Pryce and Wilson repeated in2002.In 2000 with Washington, Rhodes improvedthe Redskins’ defensive ranking tofourth in the NFL after inheriting a unit thatranked 30th the previous year. His defenseallowed the fewest first downs (254), total netyards (4,474), and points (269) by a Redskinsteam since 1992 and produced more sacksthan any Washington club since 1991. In addition,two of his standouts–DE Marco Colemanand CB Champ Bailey–made the Pro Bowl.Rhodes was head coach in Green Bay forthe 1999 season when he led the Packers to an8-8 record in his only season at the helm.Before Green Bay, Rhodes spent four seasonsas head coach of the Philadelphia Eaglesearning NFL Coach of the Year honors in hisinitial season, 1995. He guided the Eagles tothe playoffs with a 10-6 record that season andadvanced to the NFC Divisional Playoff round.It was the first of two consecutive postseasontrips for Rhodes’ Philadelphia club, makinghim the only head coach in the Eagles’ 67-yearhistory to qualify for the playoffs in each of hisfirst two seasons. His overall record as a headcoach is 37-42-1 (.469).Before joining Philadelphia in 1995 and hisshort tenure in Green Bay from 1992-93,Rhodes was defensive coordinator for SanFrancisco’s 1994 World Championship team.His arrival saw a defensive improvement fromranking 15th in 1993 to eighth in 1994. Heorchestrated a stellar defense filled with newfaces. In fact, of that unit’s 11 starters, six werenew to the team in 1994. That reshaped unitwent on to log 35 takeaways and five defensivetouchdowns. His squad shut down theSan Diego Chargers in Super Bowl XXIX. Theunit was led by four Pro Bowlers: S MertonHanks, S Tim McDonald, CB Deion Sanders,and DT Dana Stubblefield.Rhodes began his coaching career in 1981with the 49ers, spending two seasons asassistant secondary coach before being promotedto defensive backs coach for the 1983-91 seasons. He went on to become one of onlyfour men to serve on the coaching staff of allfive of the 49ers’ Super Bowl winning teams(George Seifert, Bob McKittrick and BillMcPherson). In Rhodes 12 seasons as a 49ersassistant, the team earned postseason berths10 times and advanced to the NFC ChampionshipGame on seven occasions.In 1981, his first season as an assistant,Rhodes helped the 49ers win Super Bowl XVIwith three rookies starting in the defensivebackfield–CB Ronnie Lott, CB Eric Wright andS Carlton Williamson. As the 49ers’ secondarycoach through 1991, he also saw those same