Seahawks’ Mike Macdonald can make history. His year at Michigan helped

SAN JOSE, CA — Jay Harbaugh can’t pinpoint the moment he knew Mike Macdonald was ready to be a head coach.

There wasn’t a memorable speech or a genius idea or a late-night burn-the-candle-till-all-hours session that Harbaugh, the Seattle Seahawks special-teams coordinator, spent with his current boss that convinced him Macdonald could take a team to a Super Bowl.