Karl Scott

Karl Scott (born May 2, 1985) is an American professional football coach for the Seattle Seahawks. He previously coached at the collegiate level at Alabama and Texas Tech.

Coaching career Early coaching career Scott's coaching career began at Delta State as a graduate assistant in 2007. He then went on to work four years at Tusculum College serving as the team's recruiting coordinator, defensive backs coach and linebackers coach. He then went on to coach at Southeastern Louisiana for three years, coaching the linebackers for the first two years and then serving as the defensive coordinator in 2014. In 2015 Scott coached the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs safeties under head coach Skip Holtz. For the next two years he oversaw the entire Red Raider secondary.

Alabama Scott spent three years coaching at the University of Alabama under Nick Saban and defensive coordinator Pete Golding whom he had previously worked with at Southeastern and at Tusculum.

Seattle Seahawks On February 8, 2022, Scott has been hired by the Seattle Seahawks as the main Secondary Coach and Passing Game Coordinator. He was retained by new head coach Mike Macdonald when former head coach Pete Carroll stepped down. On February 8, 2026 he was involved with the Seahawks’ win of Super Bowl LX.

Personal life Scott and his wife Taron have 2 daughters, Kina Bailey and Kari Mae.