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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Seattle Seahawks have promoted defensive backs coach Kris Richard to defensive coordinator, the team announced Monday.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The team also named Micheal Barrow linebackers coach, Brennan Carroll assistant offensive line coach and Lofa Tatupu&amp;nbsp;assistant linebackers coach.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Seahawks' former defensive coordinator, Dan Quinn, agreed to become the new head coach of&amp;nbsp;the Atlanta Hawks earlier in the month.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Richard has been on the Seahawks' staff since 2010. He also spent two seasons as a graduate assistant and defensive backs coach at USC.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;On Friday, the Oakland Raiders hired&amp;nbsp;former&amp;nbsp;Seahawks linebacker coach Ken Norton Jr. as the team's defensive coordinator.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Seahawks' defense has led&amp;nbsp;the NFL in scoring defense for the third consecutive season. This is just the third time in NFL history a team has done that, and the first time since the Minnesota Vikings did from 1969 to 1971.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Seahawks are also the fourth team in NFL\u2008history to lead the league in fewest yards and points allowed in back-to-back seasons.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;- Sarah Barshop&lt;/em&gt;\r\n&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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