Seattle names Brian Fleury offensive coordinator

The Seattle Seahawks did not make a late change at offensive coordinator this week. Seattle hired Brian Fleury on February 19, 2026, replacing Klint Kubiak after Kubiak left to become head coach of the Las Vegas Raiders. Mike Macdonald’s staff has spent the offseason presenting Fleury as a continuity hire with enough change to reshape details inside a returning system. Sam Darnold, who is back after Seattle’s Super Bowl-winning 2025 season, is the quarterback running that offense. Seahawks social-media chatter this week has tied Fleury’s first opener to roster notes including Rodney Thomas, D’Anthony Bell and Zach Charbonnet, but the core news is older and official: Fleury has been in the job since February. (seahawks.com) ### When did Seattle actually put Fleury in charge? February 19 is the key date. The Seahawks announced that day that Fleury had been hired as offensive coordinator after serving as the San Francisco 49ers’ run game coordinator and tight ends coach. March 12 brought the next formal step. Seattle said then that Fleury’s appointment was the most notable change in its finalized 2026 coaching staff, confirming that Kubiak had departed for Las Vegas and that Macdonald had kept most of the rest of his championship staff together. (seahawks.com) ### Why was Fleury the choice after Klint Kubiak left? (seahawks.com) Mike Macdonald said in February he wanted continuity after Seattle finished third in the league in scoring in 2025. The Seahawks’ official announcement said Fleury’s background overlapped with Kubiak’s through the Kyle Shanahan coaching tree and the West Coast offense built around wide-zone principles. (seahawks.com) San Francisco is part of that link. The Seahawks said Fleury and Kubiak worked together with the 49ers in 2023, when Fleury coached tight ends, Kubiak was passing game coordinator and Darnold was the backup quarterback. ### What does Fleury inherit from last season’s offense? July 30 is the clearest checkpoint on roster continuity. (seahawks.com) Seahawks.com reported then that every offensive player who started in the Super Bowl except Kenneth Walker III had returned for 2026. Cooper Kupp said the offense was not simply repeating last year’s playbook. (seahawks.com) Leonard Williams said the unit looked “a lot faster,” and Macdonald said Fleury was being encouraged to “keep bringing his vision to life and being himself” inside an existing framework. ### What has Sam Darnold said about working under Fleury? (seahawks.com) June 4 is the most direct public marker from Darnold. After organized team activities, he said Fleury’s “command” and “presence” had stood out early in the installation process. Darnold also put the change in context. Seahawks.com said Fleury would be Darnold’s seventh offensive coordinator in seven seasons, even though the scheme shift in Seattle was expected to be smaller than some of Darnold’s previous transitions because the team kept 10 of 11 starters from the Super Bowl lineup and stayed in a similar offensive family. (seahawks.com 1) (seahawks.com 2) ### What should readers make of the practice-week names surfacing now? Rodney Thomas, D’Anthony Bell and Zach Charbonnet have appeared in social posts tied to Seattle’s practice week and preseason roster discussion. Those posts add day-to-day color, but they do not change the underlying timeline of Fleury’s hiring or Seattle’s stated plan for the offense. This week’s more durable fact is the opener itself. (seahawks.com) Published reports on September 7 said Fleury was set for his first regular-season game as an NFL offensive coordinator when Seattle opens against New England, with Darnold leading the offense under Macdonald. (seahawkswire.usatoday.com) (x.com)