Brock: What makes Seahawks’ offensive coaching staff unique

First-year Seattle Seahawks offensive coordinator Brian Fleury has a diverse array of NFL coaching experience on both sides of the ball.

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During his time on Kyle Shanahan’s staff in San Francisco, Fleury served as the 49ers’ tight ends coach (2022-25), run game coordinator (2025), offensive quality control coach (2020-21) and defensive quality control coach (2019).

Prior to that, Fleury was the Miami Dolphins’ director of football research (2017-18) and football research analyst (2016), the Cleveland Browns’ outside linebackers coach (2015) and assistant linebackers coach (2014), and the Buffalo Bills’ quality control coach (2013).

And before reaching the NFL coaching ranks, Fleury was a defensive coordinator at FCS-level Sacred Heart University, a defensive backs coach at FCS-level Towson University, and a quarterback at the University of Maryland and FCS-level Towson.

Former NFL quarterback Brock Huard highlighted the uniqueness of Fleury’s background during a Blue 88 segment on Seattle Sports’ Brock and Salk.

“There’s a tremendous diversity of skill sets and backgrounds,” Huard said. “I mean, understanding the ins and the outs, the weaknesses, the leverage, the pressure points, the cracks in the foundation of any coverage, of any scheme, of any front – like, he knows it and has all of that background. And that is unique.”

Fleury isn’t the only Seahawks offensive coach with a diverse coaching and playing background.

Seahawks passing game coordinator/quarterbacks coach Jake Peetz was a defensive back and long snapper at the University of Nebraska. And while his coaching career has taken place predominantly on the offensive side, he spent one season as a defensive assistant at UCLA.

Meanwhile, Seahawks run game coordinator Justin Outten was a two-year starting center at Syracuse before serving as an offensive coordinator, tight ends coach and running backs coach in the NFL.

“This holistic approach of being able to coach basically any position on the team and know what’s asked of them, it’s not too dissimilar to a lot of businesses,” Huard said. “Like, you’re going to start in the mailroom, and then you’re going to work your way up, work your way up, work your way up – and then you’re going to know the ask.

“When you get to the top and you ask somebody to do something, you’re going to know every step of the way. And I think there’s (value) to these coaches having all of the different backgrounds and all the different positions they’ve coached. They know that ask a whole, whole bunch.”

Listen to the full Blue 88 segment at this link or in the audio player near the middle of this story. Tune into Brock and Salk weekdays from 6-10 a.m. or find the podcast on the Seattle Sports app.

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