Dude, the scheme that Seattle plays in their secondary was really no different than what the Cowboys started doing in 2013. Who taught Pete Carroll and influenced how he approaches defense and scheming on the back end? I'll give you a hint - his name rhymes with Monte Kiffin. the same guy who put the scheme in Dallas in 2013, and also influenced Rod Marinelli's views on defense.
No, this is not true. Yes, Kiffin and Carroll, were at Arkansas together, but only for one year. After that, Carroll left so this is not Kiffin's scheme. Sorry, whoever sold you that idea is wrong. It's probably Floyd Peters who had more influence but that's a guess on my part. Peters was the DC in Minnesota when both Carroll and Kiffin were there. This actually goes back to the Tampa 2, which a lot of people credit Kiffin with but in actuality, Kiffin isn't the Secondary idea man behind the scheme. In fact, I don't believe Kiffin ever coached the secondary. He was a LBs and DL coach for most of his career if I am not mistaken. So crediting him with secondary principles, as related to the Tampa 2 or even Seattles scheme is inaccurate. That's Tony Dungy, who learned it in Pittsburgh. Hell, even the Tampa 2 is not the genesis of the secondary approach for Carrolls scheme. The Steelers teams of the 1970s is where it came from and that's Bud Carson, who was a DB Coach and this is where the secondary principles of the Seattle Scheme originated. So Carson taught it to Dungy, who took it to Tampa and that's the link for Kiffin but not for Carroll. Carroll was influenced differently in that he and Kiffin went their own ways. It was not till much later that Kiffin and Carroll reunited, like at USC or something. I know that Carroll once said that Kiffin taught him everything about Defense but that's not really the case. Yeah, Kiffin was a believe in Cover 3 but he wasn't a believer in Single High, which is what Carroll uses. Carroll came up with that himself, that wasn't Kiffin. Carroll was influence more, probably by Earl Bruce at OSU, then Kiffin at Arkansas, to be honest.
Anyway, the link at Arkansas, with Kiffin was only for a year is what I'm getting at. It was much later that Kiffin and Carroll came back together and by that time, Carroll had already figured out his secondary scheme. Kiffin didn't teach it to him.
Just saying.