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The Seattle Times
The Seattle Times
SEATTLE — With the Seahawks announcing Tuesday they have parted ways with defensive coordinator Ken Norton Jr., the inevitable question is what happens next? When it comes to Pete Carroll and defensive coordinator hires, you usually don’t go wrong thinking he will bring in someone he already knows. In fact, of the eight defensive coordinators he has hired in his 25 years as a head coach in the NFL and at USC, six were coaches he had worked with previously. That includes three of his four previous coordinators with the Seahawks — Norton, Kris Richard and Dan Quinn, who had all been assistants w…