RENTON — The introduction Thursday of Brian Fleury as new offensive coordinator wraps up the biggest question about the Seahawks coaching staff heading into the offseason.
Fleury is taking over as offensive coordinator to fill the vacancy created when Klint Kubiak left to become coach of the Las Vegas Raiders.
Much of the rest of the staff is coming into place, though coach Mike Macdonald said Thursday there is still work to be done.
“We’re off and running right now, trying to finalize our staff, and excited to start our process,” Macdonald said.
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The Seahawks lost three coaches to the Raiders — Kubiak as head coach, Andrew Janocko, who was the quarterbacks coach, as offensive coordinator, and Rick Dennison, who was the run game coordinator, as offensive line coach.
The rest of the key parts of the offensive coaching staff appear to be staying put, notably offensive line coach John Benton; Justin Outten, who spent last season as assistant offensive line coach and run game specialist and will reportedly take on the role of run game coordinator; and passing game coordinator Jake Peetz.
Macdonald said there could still be some shuffling of titles and roles.
“Titles get thrown around all the time,” he said. “To me, it’s about how can we structure our staff and the roles and responsibilities that we can dish out throughout the course of the week to generate best ideas for our players and help put them in position to win games.”
Among new pieces Macdonald added to the staff is Daniel Stern — who he worked with at Baltimore and who was assistant quarterbacks coach the last two years with the Ravens — to what is still an unnamed role.
Stern held the title of director of football strategy with the Ravens and Macdonald indicated he will fill some similar responsibilities with the Seahawks, working with Brian Eayrs, the team’s director of football analytics and special situations.
“(Stern’s) role is going to evolve as we go,” Macdonald said. “He’s going to be a really significant part of our offensive staff as well as helping me bounce some ideas off Brian. He’s going to have his hand in everything, and I’m sure it’ll evolve from there, but we’re really excited to have him.”
According to various reports, Macdonald hired Thomas Hammock away from his job as head coach at Northern Illinois University to fill the vacant running backs coaching position and hold the senior offensive assistant title that Dennison had last season. Hammock worked with Macdonald with the Ravens.
Another addition is Zach Orr, who Macdonald coached with in Baltimore and was Macdonald’s replacement as defensive coordinator.
“Zach’s going to coach our linebackers,” Macdonald said. “Again, Zach and I have had a relationship for a long time. He came in the NFL the same year, so we’ve known each other since 2014. Just everything he’s about as a coach. This was an opportunity to add to our staff.
“We see the coaching staff very similar to like what we talk about with the 70 (meaning, the 70-man playing roster, including practice squad). How can we get the best, most talented Seahawks-style coaches in it, and we’ll figure out the roles as we go and become aligned and do all that, and our coaching staff has been great with that. We’re excited to have these guys as a part of it now.”
Kirk Olivadotti coached inside linebackers the last two seasons and will remain on staff in a new role with the addition of Orr, Macdonald said.
When asked who will take over Janocko’s role as the quarterbacks coach, Macdonald reiterated that the staff is still being sorted out.
Despite sale news, it’s status quo
Asked about the news Wednesday that the Estate of Paul G. Allen is putting the Seahawks up for sale, Macdonald said that he’ll go on with his job as he has since arriving two years ago.
“I don’t think really much changes for us at this point.” Macdonald said. “Obviously, that’s going on and we’ll work through it, but as of right now, really nothing changes for what we do day-to-day.”
Seahawks general manager John Schneider spoke similarly during an interview on Seattle Sports 710 later Thursday afternoon.
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Schneider said he had “a great talk” with team chair Jody Allen. He said Allen’s message was to keep doing what the team has been doing.
“She was like, ‘Let’s let it rip,’” Schneider said. “Like ‘let’s go.’ Like she wants another one (Super Bowl title).”
Schneider said his task will be to try to keep things as normal as possible for coaches and players while the sale plays out.
“My role here over the next however long this takes is to transition with Jody, if it’s one person or a group or whatever, to just kind of help the transition and kind of shield the football people and let them do their jobs and let’s keep doing what we do,” he said.
Bob Condotta: bcondotta@seattletimes.com. Bob Condotta is a sports reporter at The Seattle Times who primarily covers the Seahawks but also dabbles in other sports. He has worked at The Times since 2002, reporting on University of Washington Husky football and basketball for his first 10 years at the paper before switching to the Seahawks in 2013.