Mike Holmgren

Career Highlights

Career Record

157-99-0 (Regular Season) 

13-11 (Postseason) 170-110-0 (Overall) 

Super Bowl Wins 1996 Super Bowl XXXI

Championships Won 2005 NFC Championship 1997 NFC Championship 1996 NFC Championship 

Michael George Holmgren (born June 15, 1948 in San Francisco, California) is the head coach of the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League. Prior to being named the sixth coach of the Seahawks in January, 1999, Holmgren coached football at the high school, collegiate, and professional level, most notably as head coach of the Green Bay Packers, whom he led to a championship when the Packers won Super Bowl XXXI. One of Holmgren's claims to fame is the success he has experienced molding quarterbacks such as Joe Montana, Steve Young and Brett Favre during his tenures in San Francisco and Green Bay. During that time the Green Bay Packers were a consistent winner and Holmgren became known as one of the best coaches in the NFL. Under Holmgren's leadership and play calling, the Seahawks have become an annual playoff team and went to the franchise's first Super Bowl in 2005.

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Seattle Seahawks 1999- Present

Mike Holmgren resigned from the Green Bay Packers after the 1998 season to accept an eight year head coach contract offered by the Seattle Seahawks. Originally, Holmgren was the Executive Vice President/General Manager and Head Coach of the Seahawks. Following the 2002 season, Holmgren relinquished his duties as general manager to focus exclusively on coaching. Holmgren took the Seahawks to their first postseason since 1988 during his first season with the club in 1999, breaking a 10-year playoff drought. Holmgren has posted a 72-56 (56.3%) regular-season record and a 3-4 (42.9%) postseason record, including an AFC West Division title (1999), one NFC Wildcard berth (2003), four consecutive NFC West Division titles (2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007), an NFC championship (2005), and the Seahawks' first-ever berth in a Super Bowl. Holmgren's (and the Seahawks') best season to date was 2005. The team posted the best regular-season 13-3 (81.3%) record in franchise history, set a team record 11 consecutive wins, and won their first playoff game since 1984. Holmgren also molded former Green Bay backup quarterback Matt Hasselbeck into a Pro Bowl and Super Bowl quarterback in the 2005 NFL season (much as he did with Favre in the 90s), and coached Shaun Alexander to the NFL's MVP, a 2005 rushing title, and an NFL record 28 touchdowns in a single season. With the 2005 NFC Championship win, Mike Holmgren became the fifth member of a small coaching fraternity that has taken two different NFL teams to the Super Bowl, joining Bill Parcells, Dan Reeves, Don Shula, and Dick Vermeil. Had the Seahawks won Super Bowl XL, he would have become the first head coach in NFL history to win a Super Bowl with two different teams, but Seattle fell short, losing 21-10 to the Pittsburgh Steelers.

On January 22, 2008, Mike Holmgren announced he would serve out the remaining year of his contract and end his tenure as head coach of the Seattle Seahawks at the end of the 2008 NFL season[1]. Jim L. Mora, the defensive backs coach, will succeed Holmgren upon his departure.

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