Throughout 5 years as defensive co-ordinator of the London Warriors, Durde was in a position to earn teaching internships with the Dallas Cowboys and Atlanta Falcons, earlier than the latter made him Britain’s first full-time NFL coach in 2018.

He progressed by way of roles with Atlanta and Dallas earlier than Seattle’s new head coach Mike Macdonald made Durde his defensive co-ordinator in 2024.

‘AD’, as he’s recognized on the Seahawks, has since helped create a defence he describes as “quick, bodily, ball-hungry, they usually work as a collective”.

“AD is an absolute game-changer for us,” stated Macdonald on Monday. “It is not simply an unimaginable story that received him up to now, it is him as a soccer thoughts, a soccer coach.

“He is somebody that has actually introduced us collectively, and the best way that our defence performs impressed soccer is a superb tribute to how AD operates, and what he brings to our soccer staff and our organisation. I am actually completely satisfied for AD.

“He is simply an absolute beast and he is a lot enjoyable to work with. He is proper there alongside, constructing this complete factor. It has been a particular journey.”

The Seahawks dominated the New England Patriots to win 29-13 on Sunday, however Durde has not simply turn out to be a Tremendous Bowl champion, he has helped forge a defence that may go down in NFL folklore.

Seattle’s defence has been dubbed ‘the Darkish Facet’ and produced a efficiency long-time NFL analyst Cris Collinsworth stated was “nearly as good as I’ve ever seen”.

“That is fairly cool,” stated Durde. “However we’ve got to present credit score to the gamers. They made a dedication, they needed to be the most effective on this planet, and we received the end result we needed.”