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The Seattle Seahawks have officially recorded double-digit losses this season following their collapse against the Chicago Bears in Week 16. It was the first time the Seahawks had lost 10+ games since 2009, and the only time they've done so under Pete Carroll's tutelage. In fact, no Carroll squad has lost double-digit games in almost 30 years. According to Albert Breer, Pete Carroll's teams haven't lost more than 10 games since his lone season with the New York Jets — 27 years ago.
This will be Pete Carroll's first 10-loss season in any capacity at any level in 27 years. Last time: his lone season as Jets head coach (1994).
— Albert Breer (@AlbertBreer) December 27, 2021
That's a remarkable stretch of consistency shown by Carroll as a head coach. Regardless the squad he's trotted out over nearly three decades, he's ensured they haven't been completely awful. At least until 2021, that is, when the Seahawks have often looked among the most feeble teams in the NFL.
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Carroll has been at the helm in Seattle since 2010, having amassed a 117-73-1 record during his 12-year tenure with the franchise. The Seahawks had finished with a record above .500 every year since 2012, and made the playoffs in all but one of those seasons, excluding 2021.
Prior to taking over the Seahawks, Carroll enjoyed a highly-successful tenure with the USC Trojans. Before even that, he spent two years with the Patriots, and one year with the New York Jets back in 1994, when the team finished 6-10.
It's hard to place the blame for the Seahawks' struggles squarely on the shoulders of Carroll. The Seahawks have an embarrassingly bad defense and have dealt with injuries to key players such as Russell Wilson, Jamal Adams, and Chris Carson throughout the year. Unfortunately for Carroll, in his first 10-loss season in nearly three decades, the Seahawks do not have ownership of their first-round pick, having dealt it to the Jets in order to acquire Adams.
