Charles London joined the Seahawks coaching staff as quarterbacks coach on February 22, 2024, working for Tennessee for the second time in his career in 2023, this as the pass game coordinator/quarterbacks coach after spending two seasons (2021-22) as quarterbacks coach with the Atlanta Falcons.
In 2023, London helped coach rookie QB Will Levis to a historic debut. After replacing an injured Ryan Tannehill, Levis completed 19 of 29 passes for 238 yards with four touchdowns and a 130.5 passer rating, joining Marcus Mariota and Fran Tarkenton as the only players in NFL history with four or more touchdown passes in their first NFL game. In the game, Levis had three touchdowns of 30-plus yards, the most in an NFL debut. Levis started nine games in 2023, completing 149 of 255 passes (58.4%) for 1,808 yards with eight touchdowns and four interceptions, with a passer rating of 84.2. Levis became the third rookie quarterback in franchise history to start at least nine games, joining Vince Young (13 starts in 2006) and Marcus Mariota (12 starts in 2015).
With the Falcons, he helped develop rookie QB Desmond Ridder, who started the final four games of the season. Ridder posted a passer rating of 86.4, and he recorded a higher passer rating each game started.
In London's first season with Atlanta, QB Matt Ryan completed 375 of 560 passes (67.0%) for 3,968 yards and 20 touchdown passes. Under London's tutelage, Ryan led three game-winning drives and helped Atlanta finish with a 7-2 record in games decided by one score, which tied for the NFL's second-best winning percentage in such games.
Prior to joining Atlanta, London spent three seasons (2018-20) as the running backs coach for the Chicago Bears. During his time with the Bears, he worked with a trio of running backs who reached 1,000 scrimmage yards in at least one season—Jordan Howard (2018), Tarik Cohen (2018) and David Montgomery (2019 and 2020). Cohen and Montgomery posted career-high rushing totals during his time.
In 2020, Montgomery set career highs for rushing yards (1,070), receiving yards (438) and total touchdowns (10). Montgomery was the only running back with at least 1,000 rushing yards and 400 receiving yards in the NFL and became the first Bears running back to rush for a touchdown in five consecutive games since Neal Anderson in 1990. In two seasons with London, Montgomery rushed for 1,959 yards, the eighth-most in the NFL over that span.
Under London's watch in 2018, Cohen enjoyed a breakout season, both as a running back and a punt return specialist, while Howard nearly eclipsed the 1,000-yard milestone for a third consecutive season with 935 yards and nine rushing touchdowns. Cohen led the team with 71 catches out of the backfield for a team-high 725 yards and five scores, while also rushing 99 times for 444 yards and three touchdowns.
Prior to his time in Chicago, London spent four seasons as the running backs coach for the Houston Texans, where he was a part of a team that won back-to-back AFC South division titles in 2015 and 2016 and finished with a winning record in three consecutive seasons for the first time in franchise history. In each of London's first three seasons with the team, the Texans ranked third in the AFC and sixth in the NFL in rushing yards per game.
London entered the NFL coaching ranks with the Bears in 2007, first filling a quality control role on offense and then as an offensive assistant/assistant wide receivers coach in 2008-09. After a 2010 campaign with the Philadelphia Eagles as a pro scout, his first stint with the Titans came in 2011 as an offensive assistant/quality control coach.
London also spent two seasons (2012-13) at Penn State as the running backs coach and recruiting coordinator. In two seasons with London, running back Zach Zwinak rushed for 1,989 yards, the third most in the Big Ten over that span.
The Dunwoody, Ga., native broke into coaching with three seasons at his alma mater, Duke University. He was a graduate assistant from 2004-05 and was elevated to running backs coach in 2006.
He graduated from Duke in 1997 with a major in political science and a minor in African American studies. In 2006, he earned a master's degree from Duke in humanities.
