Klint Kubiak might have to stay
Seattle OC's best game might also be his ticket back to the Seahawks
Seahawks offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak didn’t need to have a coming out party in the NFC Championship because he was already one of the hottest names in the coaching cycle for 2026…but he did it anyway. Kubiak’s offense has been red hot in the playoffs and for the second time in six weeks, Seattle went head-to-head against Sean McVay’s Rams, scored over 30 points, and beat the NFL’s second-best team by outscoring them. (The Seahawks are the first team in history to give up 479+ yards in a conference championship game and still win.)
Two of the Seahawks’ four best games by offensive EPA have come in the playoffs and Seattle heads to the Super Bowl on the heels of an all-time performance from quarterback Sam Darnold.
Kubiak’s reward for helping Darnold get to his first Super Bowl: Another year with the Seahawks, apparently.
Appearing on The Pat McAfee Show on Monday, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported that he expects every team to have a head coach by Wednesday. Kubiak couldn’t be hired until after the Super Bowl in two weeks, not even a handshake agreement, so that would mean Seattle’s offensive coordinator is coming back for 2026 if that’s how it plays out.
“I would think that we have all these head coaching jobs filled this week, probably sooner rather than later. I wouldn’t be surprised if there were no openings left by Wednesday.”
Schefter said that the Bills, easily the best available job of the four (12-5 vs 5-12, 3-14, and 3-14), are heavily leaning offense. But then he named four coaches (Webb, Udinski, Daboll, Brady) who aren’t Kubiak as the finalists.