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We have another Baltimore Ravens connection in Seattle. When the reigning Super Bowl champion Seahawks hired their current head coach, Mike Macdonald, in 2024, he was the Ravens' defensive coordinator. MacDonald held the DC position in Baltimore for the two previous seasons, but he also spent seven previous years (2014-2020) on head coach John Harbaugh's staff in Charm City. He held four roles over that span, which overlapped with the five years Thomas Hammock served as the Ravens' Running Backs Coach.
On Wednesday, Hammock announced that he was leaving the very job that he took when he left Baltimore in 2019, the head coaching position at Northern Illinois University. Hammock, who was a star running back at NIU in his playing days, led his alma mater to a record of 35-47 during his seven years in charge.
In 2023, Hammock led NIU to its first bowl win in 12 seasons, ending a seven-game postseason skid. Defensive coordinator Rob Harley was named the interim head coach at NIU. With NIU now off to join the Mountain West Conference, leaving the MAC behind, the time was right for Hammock and MacDonald to reunite.
And a move back to the pro game might be better for Hammock, given what he said when he was first introduced as NIU head coach.
In an exclusive with The Sports Bank, Hammock was asked about how he grew and developed as a person during his time with the Ravens.
Hammock had a very difficult first year on the job in Baltimore. During his third month on the job, the infamous Ray Rice domestic violence video surfaced, and the Ravens soon parted ways with the franchise's second all-time leading rusher. The move had to be made, but it also left Hammock with the task of managing a position group that had just lost its focal point. He eventually adjusted and then found success and stability.
Three years after seeing his NFL career end at age 27, Rice took a job coaching running backs at a high school in New York.
This article originally appeared on Ravens Wire: Former Ravens assistant coach reunites with Mike Macdonald in Seattle
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On Wednesday, Hammock announced that he was leaving the very job that he took when he left Baltimore in 2019, the head coaching position at Northern Illinois University. Hammock, who was a star running back at NIU in his playing days, led his alma mater to a record of 35-47 during his seven years in charge.
In 2023, Hammock led NIU to its first bowl win in 12 seasons, ending a seven-game postseason skid. Defensive coordinator Rob Harley was named the interim head coach at NIU. With NIU now off to join the Mountain West Conference, leaving the MAC behind, the time was right for Hammock and MacDonald to reunite.
And a move back to the pro game might be better for Hammock, given what he said when he was first introduced as NIU head coach.
In an exclusive with The Sports Bank, Hammock was asked about how he grew and developed as a person during his time with the Ravens.
Hammock had a very difficult first year on the job in Baltimore. During his third month on the job, the infamous Ray Rice domestic violence video surfaced, and the Ravens soon parted ways with the franchise's second all-time leading rusher. The move had to be made, but it also left Hammock with the task of managing a position group that had just lost its focal point. He eventually adjusted and then found success and stability.
Three years after seeing his NFL career end at age 27, Rice took a job coaching running backs at a high school in New York.
This article originally appeared on Ravens Wire: Former Ravens assistant coach reunites with Mike Macdonald in Seattle
Continue reading...
