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The UNPACKIN' it Podcast With Bryce Johnson

Rocky Seto - Former NFL Coach and Current Pastor

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BIO:

Rocky Seto is a pastor and former Super Bowl-winning assistant coach. He spent 18 years in coaching with stints on the Seattle Seahawks (Pete Carroll's staff) and USC. He was with USC for 11 seasons and played a role on both National Championship teams in 2003 and 2004. In seven seasons in Seattle, the Seahawks earned trips to two Super Bowls, winning one. Rocky also played linebacker at USC in 1997 and 1998, ande is a husband and father of four.


TOPICS:

  • Looking back at his football career
  • The decision to walk away from the NFL and coaching
  • Advice for those God pulls away from what they're currently doing 
  • How to handle others that ask “what are you doing” when you make life changes
  • The measure of success
  • How do you turn off competition
  • His current football fandom
  • The Seahawks without Russell Wilson
  • Pastoring during a pandemic
  • His role as a husband and a father
  • Reading God’s Word for himself vs. reading for the next sermon

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