In a surprising twist of football fate, it seems Pete Carroll, the recently-departed Seahawks coach, has his sights set on the Los Angeles Chargers coaching gig - and none other than Snoop Dogg is airing that dirty laundry. According to FOX Sports, the Doggfather himself blurted out in a chat promoting his new flick that his good buddy Carroll was pining for another chance to coach, specifically name-dropping the Chargers as his top pick.
While Carroll's been hanging onto a nebulous 'advisor' role with the Seahawks, whispers of his itch to stay in the game keep trailing him like a bad smell, friends in high places - think former players and FOX analysts - have spilled the beans that Pete's not ready to hang up the playbook just yet. Seattle's former cornerback, Richard Sherman, spilled the tea in an interview with BVM Sports, implying that the venerable coach has no plans to step away from the sidelines and could see himself taking charge of the Chargers.
With the Chargers' actual interest in Carroll as clear as mud, it looks like the veteran coach might be suited up with nowhere to go - for now, anyway. But as we've seen time and time again, the coaching carousel in the NFL spins wildly, and a Super Bowl-winning coach doesn't just fade to black without a fight. Carroll himself admitted after his Seahawks exit that he'd tried to stay on as head honcho but couldn't sway the higher-ups to keep him, so it's anyone's guess where he'll be pacing the sidelines next season.
Meanwhile, Snoop's been dabbling in his own brand of coaching, running a youth league that's churned out NFL-caliber talent like a factory; quarterbacks and receivers giving their teams a run for the postseason money all cut their teeth in the rapper’s league. "Coaching, the thing that I love the most is the interaction, the engagement with that player," the "Drop It Like It's Hot" singer told FOX Sports, and clearly, Pete Carroll is also itching to get back to that same love, whether it’s in college or the big leagues, the Seattle Seahawks are on the hunt for a new leading man, while Carroll's coaching destiny remains a coin toss up in the air.
