John Schneider

John Schneider completed his 15th season at the Seattle Seahawks with a Super Bowl championship. With over thrity years working in professional sports, he joined the Seahawks organization in 2010 as general manager, adding the title of president of football operations in 2024. Schneider manages all aspects of the Seahawks roster and draft process while overseeing the head coach hiring process that landed Pro Football Writers of America’s 2023 Assistant Coach of the Year in Mike Macdonald. He led the Seattle SuperSonics to their only NBA Championship in 1979 and remains one of the league’s all-time winningest coaches.

Schneider built rosters that advanced to the Divisional Playoffs or better seven times during his tenure. He has constructed teams that appeared in back-to-back Super Bowls and won both Super Bowl XLVIII and Super Bowl LX. He was named Sports Illustrated’s 2012 Executive of the Year and 2026 NFL Executive of the Year. In 2012, John and his wife Traci launched “Ben’s Fund,” which provides grants to young adults and families in order to help cover costs associated with medical bills, therapies and numerous other aspects of supporting a child, or children, on the autism spectrum.

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