Jim Zorn introduced as the head coach and general manager of the XFL team in Seattle.
Replay press conference on YouTube:
At the press conference, XFL Commissioner Oliver Luck lauded Zorn. “I watched Jim Zorn play for the Seahawks, an expansion franchise, and I was totally captivated with his style of play. He was innovative. He was creative. He did all those things as a player that we want to do as a league.”
“He’s a great individual, and a man of high caliber,” Luck added.
Zorn is best known as the starting quarterback of the Seattle Seahawks for their first eight seasons. Afterward, he was the quarterbacks coach for the Seahawks before being hired by the Washington Redskins to be their head coach starting in the 2008 season. After leaving Washington, Zorn was hired as quarterbacks coach of the Baltimore Ravens, and later as the quarterbacks’ coach of the Kansas City Chiefs.
OFFICIAL: @JimZorn10 has been named the head coach and general manager of @XFLSeattle!
