The Seattle Seahawks are hiring San Francisco 49ers tight ends coach Brian Fleury as offensive coordinator, according to multiple reports Sunday, to replace Klint Kubiak, who left to become the Las Vegas Raiders’ head coach.
The Seahawks interviewed four internal candidates — run game coordinator Justin Outten, passing game coordinator Jake Peetz, quarterbacks coach Andrew Janocko and tight ends coach Mack Brown — for the position but ultimately hired Fleury from the division-rival 49ers, whose scheme is closely related to the one the Seahawks ran under Kubiak. Janocko is expected to become the Raiders’ offensive coordinator.
Fleury has been with the 49ers since 2019, first as a defensive assistant before moving to offense in 2020. He has spent the past four seasons as tight ends coach, adding run game coordinator to his title in 2025.
The Seahawks are dealing with the realities of hiring a head coach with a defensive background. Macdonald is on his third offensive coordinator in as many years. He hired Ryan Grubb from the University of Washington in 2024 before firing him after one season and replacing him with Kubiak, whose tenure also lasted one season, albeit for a different reason.
Replacing Kubiak won’t be easy. Seattle’s offense ranked third in points per game, 10th in points per drive and 18th in EPA per play, according to TruMedia. There were some lulls in the second half of the season, but the Seahawks rounded into form toward the end of the regular season. They averaged 2.72 points per drive in the playoffs. For context, the Los Angeles Rams were the league’s regular-season leader at 2.78, and the Indianapolis Colts were second (2.67).
Kubiak also gave Seattle something it had been missing for years: an identity. The Seahawks spent the better part of the previous six seasons unsure of what they wanted to major in offensively, particularly in the second half of the season. This issue spanned multiple coordinators, and it was one of the reasons Seattle either didn’t make the playoffs or didn’t last very long.
Kubiak’s offense was committed to a specific style, and it guided the team through the playoffs. The Seahawks leaned on under-center concepts, mostly out of 12 and 21 personnel, and built everything around their wide-zone run scheme. They mixed in other personnel groups and operated out of shotgun and pistol as well, but those were changeups. The run game became their fastball down the stretch.
Fleury could run a similar system, and if so, the transition might be smooth. But even if he switches it up, the goal will remain the same. Seattle needs to have something it can hang its hat on deep into the season.
The run game took off, and Ken Walker III played the best football of his career late in the season, which bodes well for the future if Seattle re-signs the Super Bowl MVP, whose contract officially expires in March.
Wide receiver Rashid Shaheed is also going to be a free agent in March. The rest of the main offensive players — including the starting five up front — are under contract through next season, so Seattle should have no issues with continuity in 2026.