The Seahawks head coach was hired by Grant in Minnesota as a defensive backs coach.
head coach Pete Carroll spent five seasons with the Vikings from 1985 to 1989 as the defensive backs coach. Grant’s final season as Vikings coach was Carroll’s first season in Minnesota, and Pete has long held Grant in high regard as a mentor and one of his greatest influences.this past season, tying Carroll with Grant for 18th most wins in NFL history, Pete had a phone conversation with Bud before arriving to the post-game press conferences.
“I did get him on the phone and talk to him here just to kick it around, because I had to try to make it real,” Carroll said . “I can’t tell you how much I love the guy and how much I’ve respected him throughout my career and the opportunity that he gave me to get me back in the league—I’d been in the league one year, got fired, got thrown out of it, and he gave me a chance to come back. I don’t know why he saw it, but he did.
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