Dave Canales

Dave Canales, author and American football coach who is the offensive passing game coordinator for the Seattle Seahawks of the NFL.

Named to Seattle's coaching staff on February 4, 2010, Dave Canales entered the NFL after one season as USC'soffensive administrative assistant in 2009.

Canales enters his first season as the Seahawks offensive passing game coordinator after spending two years as the team's quarterbacks coach (2018-19) and three years as the wide receivers coach (2015-2017).

In Canales' ten years with the Seahawks, he has played a variety of instrumental roles in helping the team to eight playoff appearances. He served as assistant quarterbacks coach for two years, during the Super Bowl XLVIII championship season and the 2014 NFC Championship season. He was the quality control/offense coach the previous three years working with wide receivers and quarterbacks (2010-2012).

At USC in 2009, he was an assistant strength coach, video assistant and worked with quarterbacks, during a year that the Trojans won the Emerald Bowl.

He came to USC from El Camino (Calif.) College, where he was the tight ends coach and special teams coordinator, coaching quarterbacks in his final season (2006-08). The Warriors football team won the California Community College State Championship in 2006 and won the Mission Conference twice during his tenure.

It was during his time at El Camino College that Canales forged an invaluable relationship with Pete Carroll and the USC staff through working as a part-time coach at the annual Pete Carroll football camps.

David and his wife, Lizzy, and four children, Ashby, Benjamin, Beatrice and Amaya live in the Seattle area.