Pete Carroll Says He Expects to Remain Seahawks HC in 2022 amid Rumors About Future

Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll expressed confidence he'll be retained for the 2022 NFL season despite a lackluster 7-10 record in 2021.

ESPN's Brady Henderson reported Monday there's been "uncertainty among members of the organization" about whether Carroll, who's under contract through 2025, will return, but the Seahawks' longtime coach doesn't sound concerned about his status.

"No. I'm in great shape," Carroll said after Sunday's 38-30 season-ending victory over the Arizona Cardinals.

Most of the conversation surrounding the Seahawks over the season's final month focused on the future of Carroll and quarterback Russell Wilson, who've formed a highly successful partnership since 2012, highlighted by winning the Super Bowl XLVIII title at the end of the 2013 season.

Wilson told Fox Sports' Shannon Spake after Sunday's win he also hoped to remain in Seattle:

Mike Garafolo of the NFL Network reported the Seahawks have "no plans" to trade Wilson, who's under contract through 2023, but noted Carroll's future is less certain heading into organizational meetings during the coming week.

A "mutual parting of the ways" is possible depending on the outcome of those discussions between the coach and team chairwoman Jody Allen, per Garafolo.

Carroll has posted a 119-73-1 record since taking over the Seattle staff in 2010. The Seahawks went 7-9 in each of his first two years before registering nine consecutive winning seasons.

They were 2-2 this season when Wilson suffered a finger injury during a loss to the Los Angeles Rams. They then lost two of the next three games with Geno Smith leading the offense. Wilson returned after their Week 9 bye, but it took several weeks before he looked like his usual self and by then it was too late as the team had dropped to 3-8.

Carroll pointed to losses in close games as the main reason they fell short of the playoffs, per Henderson.

"We've been so close throughout the whole season," he said. "The biggest difference that everyone had to suffer through was the close games that we didn't win because we've been winning those games for years ... That's the whole season, that's it."

Now the question shifts to whether the Carroll-Wilson partnership will continue or if the Seahawks' foundation will see some changes during the offseason.