Brian Fleury became the Seahawks’ offensive coordinator on February 19, 2026, eleven days after the Super Bowl. He came from the San Francisco 49ers, where he had been run game coordinator and tight ends coach, to replace Klint Kubiak, who left to become the Las Vegas Raiders’ head coach. Seattle interviewed four of its own coaches for the job, Andrew Janocko, Justin Outten, Mack Brown and Jake Peetz, and chose Fleury because he runs the same system. The team’s word for it was continuity: the offense he inherited had finished third in the league in scoring, with 483 points.
Timeline with Seattle
- Feb 19, 2026: Hired as offensive coordinator. Mike Macdonald: “his vision and what he believes in offensively… was aligned with how we want it.”
- Sept 9, 2026: First game calling the offense. Sam Darnold was hurt on the opening drive, and Drew Lock finished a 13-10 win over New England. The offense gained 285 yards but went 2 of 11 on third down, scored no touchdowns in two red-zone trips, and had 10 penalties for 98 yards. Fleury called the penalties “controllable” and “correctable.”
- Sept 20, 2026: 31-7 at Arizona. The offense gained 381 yards, 162 of them rushing, scored touchdowns on three of five red-zone trips, and was penalized three times. Lock threw three touchdown passes to Jaxon Smith-Njigba, and a 16-play, 70-yard drive of 14 runs closed the game.
- Sept 27, 2026: 33-31 loss at Washington. With Darnold back, the offense gained 437 yards and went 4 of 5 in the red zone, and Darnold threw for a career-high 379 yards and four touchdowns, but Seattle ran 18 times for 44 yards and turned the ball over three times.
- Through three games: 75 points, 25 a game.
How he got here
| Years | Where | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1999–2002 | Towson (after starting at Maryland) | Quarterback |
| 2003–2004 | Maryland | Intern, graduate assistant |
| 2005–2008 | Sacred Heart | Secondary coach, then defensive coordinator |
| 2009–2012 | Towson | Special teams coordinator and defensive backs |
| 2013 | Buffalo Bills | Quality control |
| 2014–2015 | Cleveland Browns | Assistant linebackers, then outside linebackers |
| 2016–2018 | Miami Dolphins | Football research |
| 2019–2025 | San Francisco 49ers | Defensive quality control, offensive quality control, tight ends, then run game coordinator and tight ends |
| 2026– | Seattle Seahawks | Offensive coordinator |
The unusual thing is the first half: a former quarterback who spent more than a decade coaching defense and special teams before he moved to offense in San Francisco in 2020. The 49ers years are why Seattle hired him. Kubiak’s offense and Kyle Shanahan’s come from the same wide-zone, play-action family, so the Super Bowl offense kept its playbook and changed its play-caller.
What the offense looks like
The run game sets up everything else: outside zone, play-action, and the tight ends as blockers and receivers. This season it has had to work without Super Bowl MVP Kenneth Walker III, now in Kansas City, and without Zach Charbonnet, who started the year on the physically unable to perform list. The early answer has been Emanuel Wilson and Jadarian Price, who carried 34 times for 144 yards between them at Arizona, and Smith-Njigba, who has 27 catches for 405 yards and six touchdowns through three games. At Washington the run game managed 44 yards on 18 carries, which is the first thing Fleury’s offense has to fix.
In his words
- On the playbook, the day he was hired: “It looks very similar to the one that just won the Super Bowl.”
- On the identity: “We’re going to be fast, violent, and aggressive in every way that we possibly can.”
- Before the Arizona game, September 18: “I’m expecting no drop-off in production whatsoever.”
The full staff is on the coaching staff page, the Week 3 recap has Darnold’s return, and the Chargers game guide has what is next.