The Las Vegas Raiders made a splash on Friday by hiring Pete Carroll as their new head coach. Carroll, 73, now joins a stacked group of head coaches in AFC West. Carroll, who won a Super Bowl with the Seattle Seahawks,

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After a year away from football, Pete Carroll is back in the NFL as a head coach. The Las Vegas Raiders selected him as the replacement for Antonio Pierce, who was fired after just one season as the team’s full-time head coach (serving as the interim in 2023).

The Los Angeles Chargers have been enjoying a quiet, strong coaching-hiring cycle so far this offseason. Breakout defensive coordinator Jesse Minter, after all, isn’t getting many looks. A fast-riser under general manager Joe Hortiz continues to get some looks,

Granted, Chargers fans would love to actually hear that name called on draft day, as it would mean potentially securing the long-term top player at the position in the class for Justin Herbert.

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“In the NFL, though, Carroll has had the upper hand over Harbaugh (6-5), especially in their most recent battles,” Moton wrote. “Though the Chargers are coming off a year in which they clinched a playoff berth with an 11-6 record, Harbaugh probably isn't thrilled to see Carroll back in his conference and division.”

Just four teams remain alive in the hunt for Super Bowl LIX—the Buffalo Bills and Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC, and the Philadelphia Eagles and

The Las Vegas Raiders have agreed to hire Pete Carroll as their head coach, a person with knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press on Friday.

The 73-year-old former Patriots and Seahawks coach is returning to the NFL after just one season off the sidelines.

Pete Carroll, 73, will return to the sideline with the Las Vegas Raiders after leading the Seattle Seahawks to two NFC titles and the franchise’s only Super Bowl win during a 14-year stretch.

Despite finishing 10-7 under head coach Mike Macdonald, the Seattle Seahawks missed the NFL playoffs. It was a year in which two-time Pro Bowler DK Metcalf appeared to take a step back into the wide receiver No. 2 role.