Seattle Seahawks Interested In Pete Carroll

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Published: January 8, 2010

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... USC head coach Pete Carroll, according to ESPN.

The sources are also reporting that Carroll is interested and is trying to bring Trojans offensive coordinator Jim Bates with him.

"You're about to see a big headline that shakes up the major college football world," a source close to the situation told ESPN.com.

Mora was fired Friday morning after going 5-11 in his first only season in Seattle.

If reports are true, and Carroll is hired, this wouldn't be his first stint as a head coach in the NFL.

Before coming to Southern California, Carroll was the head coach of the New York Jets in 1994 and the New England Patriots from 1997-99. Carroll went 6-10 with the Jets in 1994, but led the Patriots to the AFC East Division in 1997 after going 10-6 in New England. The Pats would lose to the Pittsburgh Steelers in an AFC divisional playoff game.

Carroll led New England to a return trip to the playoffs in 1998, but was fired by the Patriots after going...

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