Karl

Scott

Scott was under consideration for the Cardinals’ defensive coordinator opening, but the team ultimately decided to stick with Nick Rallis, who joined the team in 2023. Scott has been with the Seahawks since 2022 and helped lead a top defensive unit to a Super Bowl championship this season. He’ll remain with the Seahawks in 2026, but Scott could continue to field calls for coordinator jobs in the future if he continues to coach up elite secondaries like we saw this season.

Scott has served in his current roles with the Seahawks for the past four seasons. He coached Vikings defensive backs in 2021 after working his way up the college coaching ranks with six different schools from 2007-2020. He served as a defensive coordinator once before, at Southeastern Louisiana in 2014.

ESPN’s John Keim notes that Scott is the Commanders’ only defensive coordinator candidate lacking prior defensive coordinator experience. Scott was brought onboard in his current roles under former head coach Pete Carroll in 2022. While Scott lacks defensive coordinator experience, he has spent the last four seasons learning from two of the NFL’s most well-respected defensive minds in Carroll and current head coach Mike Macdonald.

Scott could be the early leader in the clubhouse to land the Raiders’ defensive coordinator role. A holdover in Seattle from the previous Pete Carroll regime, Scott was hired by Carroll and the Seahawks in 2022 to serve as their defensive backs coach and passing game coordinator. He remained with the team last season under head coach Mike Macdonald but could be headed for a promotion if Carroll opts to bring him on as the Raiders’ DC this offseason. Scott, who first joined the NFL coaching ranks in 2021, has only held one defensive coordinator role, which came in 2014 with Southeastern Louisiana.