RENTON, Wash. (AP) -- Jack Patera, the first head coach in the history of the Seattle Seahawks, has died at age 85. Patera died on Wednesday, the team said. The cause of death was not clear ...

You didn't have a choice." Added August: "We sort of laughed when we first got there, because Jack Patera was really old-school. We were probably the last team to have a strength and ...

Jack Patera, the Vikings defensive line coach from 1969-75 and the first head coach of the expansion Seattle Seahawks in 1976, died Wednesday at his Seattle home. He was 85. Patera, who had ...

Jack Patera was the first head coach in Seahawks history, making him an important figure in Seattle sports history, but Howard Mudd will remember the laughs and fatherly advice more than anything ...

Today, No. 67: Offensive lineman Jack Patera. Bio: Out of Washington High School in Portland, Patera was one of Coach Len Casanova’s first recruits to Oregon. Patera became a four-year starter ...

RENTON, Wash. -- Jack Patera, the original head coach of the Seattle Seahawks, died Wednesday at his home, the team confirmed. He was 85. "I know Jack was real sick and he was battling," Seahawks ...

SEATTLE - Jack Patera, the Seattle Seahawks' original head coach and one of the most important figures in the team's history, has died at age 85. The cause of death was listed as complications ...

Jack Patera, the first coach of the Seahawks, died Wednesday at age 85 of pancreatic cancer, the team confirmed. Patera died in Cle Elum surrounded by family and friends. He moved there in the ...

DEC 13 1981, DEC 14 1981 It wasn’t the season to be jolly for Seattle’s Coach Jack Patera. Credit: The Denver Post (Denver Post via Getty Images) Denver Post via Getty Images Jack Patera, an NFL ...

SEATTLE – Jack Patera, the first coach of the Seahawks whose creative offense and willingness to take chances helped the team become immediate popular, died Wednesday at age 85, the team confirmed.

RENTON — Jack Patera, the first head coach in the history of the Seattle Seahawks, has died at age 85. Patera died on Wednesday, the team said. The cause of death was not clear, but Patera had ...

RENTON, Wash. (AP) — Jack Patera, the first head coach in the history of the Seattle Seahawks, has died at age 85. Patera died on Wednesday, the team said. The cause of death was not clear ...