2007 MEDIA GUIDE - Seahawks Online Media Packet

three players, plus S Dwight Hicks, reach thePro Bowl, among the 16 total Pro Bowl invitationsearned by his defensive backfield pupils.Born October 20, 1950, in Mexia, Texas,Raymond Earl Rhodes graduated from MexiaHigh School where he earned all-state honorsin football as a running back and defensiveback. He also lettered in track and field andhelped the school reach the state basketballfinals.As a collegian, Rhodes spent two years asa running back at Texas Christian University(1969-70) before transferring to the Universityof Tulsa (1972-73).1981-82 San Francisco 49ersAssistant Secondary1983-91 San Francisco 49ersDefensive Backs1992-93 Green Bay PackersDefensive Coordinator1994 San Francisco 49ersDefensive Coordinator1995-98 Philadelphia EaglesHead CoachZerick Rollins begins his seventh seasonwith the Seahawks and second in the role ofcoaching linebackers, serving the previousfour years as defensive line/quality controlcoach and the 2001 season as defensiveassistant. Last season his linebacking triowere three of the top four tacklers on theteam, while Julian Peterson turned in a ProBowl season with a career-high 10.0 sacks,Lofa Tatupu making his second Pro Bowlappearance in as many years and Leroy Hillsetting a career-high with 92 tackles (70 solo).RHODES’ COACHING CAREERSelected by the New York Giants in the 10thround of the 1974 NFL Draft, he played widereceiver in his first three NFL seasons, including1975 when he led all NFC receivers with a20.7 yards-per-catch average. Two years later,however, Rhodes was switched to defensiveback by the Giants and won a starting job atcornerback. In 1979, he was sent to SanFrancisco as part of a four-player trade thatalso saw Tony Dungy (presently the headcoach of the Indianapolis Colts) sent from the49ers to the Giants.Rhodes and his wife, Carmen, have fourdaughters: Detra, Candra, Tynesha and Raven.1999 Green Bay PackersHead Coach2000 Washington RedskinsDefensive Coordinator2001-02 Denver BroncosDefensive Coordinator2003-05 Seattle SeahawksDefensive Coordinator2006- Seattle SeahawksSpecial Projects/DefenseSeahawks Experience: 7th YearNFL Experience: 7th YearRollins served as interim linebackers coachin 2005 when John Marshall took over coordinatingduties in place of Ray Rhodes. In hisrole, he guided rookie Tatupu’s developmentas he became the first rookie to lead the teamin tackles (105, 86 solo) since 1977 and Tatupuwas also named to the Pro Bowl. Rollinstutelege also developed Hill into anotherrookie standout as his 7.5 sacks set the clubrecord for sacks by a rookie and ranked thirdamong all NFL rookies.Rollins began his coaching career servingASSISTANT COACHES 53