Seahawks hire former 49ers GM McCloughan

By foxsports
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The Seahawks have hired former 49ers general manager Scot McCloughan as a senior personnel executive.

Seattle announced Tuesday that McCloughan (Mick-CLOO-han) will assist new general manager John Schneider and vice president of football operations Will Lewis in building the Seahawks' roster.

McCloughan spent five years with San Francisco. He was promoted to GM in 2008, then resigned following the 2009 season.

Schneider knows McCloughan from the pair's days working together in Green Bay in the 1990s. He calls McCloughan a proven talent evaluator and says he's excited because the Seahawks ``got better today.''

McCloughan was Seattle's director of college scouting from 2000 through the 2004 season.