Michael George Holmgren (born June 15, 1948 in San Francisco, California) is a National Football League American football coach, and was named as the sixth head coach of the Seattle Seahawks on January 8, 1999. One of Holmgren's claims to fame is the success he has experienced molding future Hall of Fame quarterbacks such as Joe Montana, Steve Young and Brett Favre during his tenures in San Francisco and Green Bay. During that time the Green Bay Packers were a consistent winner and Holmgren became known as one of the best coaches in the NFL. Under Holmgren's leadership and play calling, the Seahawks have become an annual playoff team and went to the franchise's first Super Bowl in 2005.
Holmgren and his wife, Kathy, have four daughters –- twins Calla and Jenny (9/27/73), Emily (1/24/77), and Gretchen (7/14/81), and four granddaughters, Emma, Emerson, Mary and Isabell.
