Darrell Bevell
Darrell Bevell is an American football coach and former player. He was hired as the offensive coordinator for the NFL Seattle Seahawks in 2011. He was offensive coordinator for the Minnesota Vikings from 2006 to 2010 and offensive assistant and quarterbacks coach with the Green Bay Packers (2000–2005). He also coached at University of Connecticut as wide receivers coach, Iowa State University as graduate assistant, and Westmar University as passing game coordinator and quarterback coach. Although he was speculated as a front-runner to replace one of the NFL head coaches, Bevell signed a new contract with the Seahawks in January 2014.
Born January 6, 1970, in Yuma, Arizona, Bevell played high school football in Scottsdale, Arizona, then moved on to collegiate football. He was freshman quarterback at Northern Arizona University. He postponed his college football career to serve an LDS mission to Cleveland, Ohio. He is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Although he received scholarship offers from NAU and University of Utah, he played for the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he was a starting quarterback for four years. He led the team to a 10-1-1 season in 1993 and a Rose Bowl invitation, the university’s first since 1963. They defeated the UCLA Bruins to win the 1994 Rose Bowl, the first-ever Rose Bowl victory for the university. Bevell led the team to win the 1995 Hall of Fame Bowl game, giving Wisconsin their first back-to-back bowl wins.
Bevell began his career in coaching when he remained undrafted in the 1995 NFL draft. As a Seattle Seahawks coach, he scouted former Wisconsin quarterback, Russell Wilson in the 2012 off-season. The Seahawks will play the Denver Broncos in 2014’s Super Bowl.
Bevell and his wife, Tammy, have three daughters.
