Seattle’s Aden Durde will be the first British coach to appear in the Super Bowl. He wants to ensure he’s not the last
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idway through the 2023 NFL season, Dallas Cowboys star edge rusher Micah Parsons was frustrated. Asked about the source – a feeling of being held by opponents all the time – Parsons credited his defensive line coach Aden Durde with keeping him in check.
“[Coach Durde] pulled me aside and said, ‘You gotta remember, you’re Micah fucking Parsons,” he recalled. “‘This shit is going to happen. You just gotta keep going. Fuck all the other stuff.’”
Durde is hardly the first NFL defensive coach to deliver a fiery pep talk, but he is the first to deliver it with an English accent. And come Sunday, Durde will be the first coach from the UK to grace the sidelines of a Super Bowl, when his Seattle Seahawks face the New England Patriots.
