Co-authored, Compete to Create, an Audible Original with Dr. Michael Gervais

The oldest coach in the NFL — yet arguably the most youthful — is in his 10th season as Seahawks head coach. He’s one of three coaches to have won both a Super Bowl and a college football national championship.

Co-created the Performance Science Institute at USC’s Marshall School of Business. The performance science minor enables students to understand psychology, emotion, and leadership, with the goal of optimizing individual mindset and creating a culture of high performance in organizations.

Coached the Seahawks to a second consecutive NFC championship and second straight Super Bowl appearance following a 12-4 season.

Coached the Seahawks to a 13-3 record and their first Super Bowl win in franchise history following a 43-8 victory over the Broncos, the NFL’s most prolific offense of all-time.

Co-founded Compete to Create, an online and live educational platform designed to help individuals and organizations find their best.

Spearheaded efforts to bring to the U.S. for the first time WE Day, an annual stadium-sized event coupled with a year-long program that supports, empowers, and equips youth with educational resources and campaigns to take action on the local and global issues they care about. WE Day and its programs have since reached dozens of cities around the world and impacted millions of youth.

Through a partnership with the YMCA of Greater Seattle’s Alive and Free program, A Better Seattle was founded using a similar model to the one that had been developed by A Better LA, bringing together outreach workers, law enforcement, community members, and business leaders to assist youth impacted by violence, gangs, and the juvenile justice system.

Coached his final season at USC after going 97-19 in nine seasons with the Trojans. He was named “Coach of the Decade” by Lindy’s.

Led the Trojans to their third consecutive Rose Bowl win, a seventh straight top-4 finish in the polls, and a seventh 11-win season in a row, three feats that had never been done before in the history of college football.

Won 34 consecutive games over three seasons, including an improbable and memorable comeback win at Notre Dame.

Led the Trojans to a 13-0 record and a second consecutive national championship thanks to a historic 55-19 victory over Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl.

Won the first of two national championships at USC after a 12-1 season and a Rose Bowl win.

Helped unite community members and law enforcement to form A Better LA, a groundbreaking collaborative model that elevated community members who had navigated gangs and the justice system to help save lives of the next generation and promote peaceful solutions in Los Angeles.

After a 3-2 start, the Trojans went on to win 8 straight games, including a 48-17 victory in the Orange Bowl. The season marked the first of an unprecedented seven consecutive conference titles for USC and three Heisman Trophy winners in the span of the next four seasons for the Trojans.

Became head coach of the New England Patriots, where he would go to the playoffs twice in three seasons before being relieved of his duties with a 27-21 record.

Packed up and moved to San Francisco to be defensive coordinator of the 49ers for two seasons.

Hired as head coach of the New York Jets, his first-ever head coaching job. It didn’t last long, as Carroll was fired less than a year later after going 6-10.

Got his first foray into the NFL as a defensive backs coach for the Buffalo Bills. Over the next nine seasons, Carroll would also serve as an assistant coach for the Vikings under Bud Grant and for the New York Jets.

Became a graduate assistant at Arkansas under Lou Holtz, making $182 per month. Carroll would go on to four different college jobs over the next seven years, including stops at Iowa State, Ohio State, NC State, and back at Pacific.

Transferred to Pacific and played defensive back for the Tigers, earning all-conference honors following both seasons.

Enrolled at College of Marin, playing football both years before receiving a scholarship offer to play at nearby University of the Pacific.