Mike Macdonald to Jimmy Kimmel. Kenneth to Walker Disneyland. Seahawks come home

Mike Macdonald had a plane to catch.

Not to Seattle. He’ll get back there eventually.

While his Super Bowl-champion Seahawks boarded their plane bound for home and SeaTac Airport at noon Monday after winning Super Bowl 60 in Santa Clara, California, the night before, their coach went south. He and his family flew to Los Angeles.

Macdonald was due there late in the afternoon for a taping of the Jimmy Kimmel Live show to air late Monday night on ABC television.

“My mom’s stoked,” Macdonald said Monday morning.

The 38-year-old coach was inside the Moscone Center in San Francisco. Macdonald was on a stage in a convention hall with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell. He was holding the Vince Lombardi Trophy a Seattle coach has held only one other time in 50 years of Seahawks football.

“I told the team on Saturday night: I’ve got a bad habit of hemmin’ and hawin’ in my office, and with the rest of our coaching staff, thinking about plays and what we’re going to run and how it’s going to go,” Macdonald said. “And then you get around the guys, and you see ‘em, and all of a sudden those worries go away, magically.

“I think that speaks to how they played. It just became very clear, very early, that they were a determined bunch, that we were going to play our style of ball (Sunday) night.

“At that point, really, the plays became irrelevant. It was really the style that the guys played.”

About 15 hours after smoking cigars and celebrating with his players inside the locker room of the rival San Francisco 49ers they beat, along with the rival Rams, to get there, Macdonald was already looking forward to next season.

A little bit, anyway.

“We know that we’re target number one now,” Macdonald said.

Kenneth Walker goes to Disneyland

Kenneth Walker was there with Macdonald. He was wearing a green suit and a weary smile.

“Nah, I haven’t slept,” Walker said, since the Super Bowl. “I didn’t party, though.

“I just went to my room and chilled with my family. I just stayed up. This moment was big for me. And, you know, still surreal.”

Walker made use of the biggest opportunities in the history of the Super Bowl. In the final game of his contract Sunday night, the 25-year-old running back romped for 135 yards on 27 carries. He also had a 20-yard catch and run to set up a field goal, for 161 total yards from scrimmage to win the Super Bowl 60 Most Valuable Player award.

“It’s just a surreal moment,” Walker said Monday.

Walker was also heading south while the rest of his team, minus his Jimmy Kimmel-ing head coach, flew to Seattle. Walker and his family were flying to Orange County Monday to have a parade in his honor at Disneyland. That’s the custom for the Super Bowl MVP the day following the game.

He said he knew when departing offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak, about to be officially named as the new head coach of the Las Vegas Raiders, gave the offense the Super Bowl game plan last week he was about to have a huge title game.

“Yeah, definitely,” Walker said. “We planned all week, getting the ball in our playmaker’s hands. I had a few plays to catch the ball, and everything. So I knew there were going to be opportunities out there for me (last) night.”

The next opportunity for Walker, Macdonald and the Seahawks to be in front of their fans is Wednesday.

The team announced the second Seahawks Super Bowl victory parade through downtown Seattle in franchise and city history will be Wednesday morning. They will hold an event at Lumen Field beginning at 10 a.m. The parade will begin at 11 a.m. and go from the stadium up 4th Avenue through downtown.

The glow from the players shimmering through the cigar smoke that filled their locker room deep into Sunday night after the Super Bowl is likely to shine on Seattle during the parade Wednesday.

“It’s just amazing seeing everybody smile. I think that’s what makes this moment so special for me,” 11th-year veteran defensive lineman Leonard Williams said.

“Seeing my teammates who have put the work in and put the grind in, everybody on this team deserves it.”