In the spring of 2013, Mike Macdonald was a 25-year-old quality control coach at the University of Georgia.

Dan Quinn, meanwhile, was preparing for his first season as a defensive coordinator in the NFL, having returned to Seattle, where he previously was the defensive line coach, after two seasons at the University of Florida.

The two didn't know each other or have many obvious connections, but Macdonald did have a sister who lived in Kirkland, so with a visit already planned to see family, Georgia's defensive coordinator at the time, Todd Grantham, reached out to Quinn to set up an introduction.

So 12 years before Quinn and Macdonald would face off as head coaches on Sunday Night Football, they got together at the Viriginia Mason Athletic Center as a young aspiring NFL coach and a def

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