Pete Carroll Diving on the Ground for a Fumble at Seahawks Mini-Camp at 71-Years-Old
Pete Carroll, the oldest active head coach in the NFL, will turn 71 this September. If he remains a coach for a few more seasons he can become the oldest head coach in NFL history. At practice on Saturday, he got into a scuffle with wide reciever Cody Thompson and dove on Thompson as he tried to recover the fumble.
.@PeteCarroll going for the forced fumble with Cody Thompson at practice today was something else ??? pic.twitter.com/HwvBTskcv8
— Seattle Seahawks (@Seahawks) May 16, 2021
Carroll says he was the one to force the fumble, but Thompson appears to be fighting for the ball in the clip. Not that it matters. Cody Thompson, undrafted out of Toledo a couple years ago, is spending this mini-camp tackling the head coach. And Carroll is sending a heck of a message by diving on the ground. Shocking enough for a man his age, but when you throw in the all-white outfit? Come on.
So is this Carroll staying young? Or asking for an injury that could cut his career short? We'll find out if he breaks that record. Or if he gets a tryout at tight end with the Jaguars.