Ted Seay

Ted Seay is senior policy consultant with the British American Security Information Council (BASIC) in London, England. Prior to that, he served for 26 years as a U.S. Foreign Service Officer, most recently at the US Mission to NATO as arms control advisor from 2008 to 2011. Previously, Seay was seconded to the Secretariat of the Wassenaar Arrangement on Export Controls for Conventional Arms and Dual-Use Goods and Technologies in Vienna from 2005 to 2008. Prior postings included Slovenia (1998-2001) as liaison to the International Trust Fund for Demining (ITF); the US Department of State’s European Regional Political-Military (EUR/RPM) office (1996-1998), negotiating compliance with the Dayton Peace Accords’ military annex; and State’s Strategic Policy and Negotiations (PM/SPN) office (1994-1996), where he helped draft the Dayton military annex. He joined the State Department in 1985.

Seay has coached American football internationally with the Waverley Sharks in Melbourne, Australia, and as a volunteer assistant with the youth program of the Chrysler Vikings in Vienna, Austria. Since 2000 he has also served as an Internet consultant with football teams in Australia, Canada, the Philippines, Mexico, England, Scotland, Germany, Belgium, France, Denmark and the U.S. He has provided information on offenses including the Single Wing, Double Wing, Wing-T, TCU Spread, "A" formation, Spread Option Run-and-Shoot, and his own offense, the Wild Bunch, at every level from Pop Warner to semi-pro (the Gloucester County Generals in the Diamond Football League). The Generals went 9-2 and won the New Jersey division of the DFL running his Wild Bunch offense in 2005.

Seay’s defensive expertise has ranged from the Split-4 to the 5-5-1 "2-Level" defense, which he has used exclusively since 1988. Seay helped Chabot Junior College in Northern California install the 2LD before their 2004 season. They finished 8-3 and went to their first bowl game in several years. In addition, he has helped coaches in a number of programs with special teams, including the Wild Boars of Kragujevac, Serbia.

Seay has spoken at a number of clinics, including the first Double Wing Symposium in Dallas, Texas in February 2004, at a single wing clinic in Los Angeles in May 2005, and at the Single Wing Conclave in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, both in person and via Internet video conferencing.

Seay holds an A.A. (Criminology) from City College of San Francisco, a B.A. (Political Science) from the University of California, Berkeley, and an M.S. (Strategic Intelligence) from the Joint Military Intelligence College. In addition, he believes himself to be the only person in history to have been published by Wisden Cricket Monthly, Gridiron Strategy, AND Arms Control Today.