The Raiders missed out on Ben Johnson during the 2025 NFL hiring cycle but landed a proven alternative in former Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll.
The 73-year-old Carroll, who won a Super Bowl with the Seattle Seahawks and a national championship at USC, takes over after Las Vegas went 4-13 last season
Which means the Super Bowl champion Carroll is now the oldest head coach in the league by far. The San Francisco native will turn 74 in September when the 2025 NFL season begins. The next-oldest coach, Andy Reid, will turn 67 in March — assuming he returns to the Chiefs for another year.
Carroll will be 74 this fall, becoming the oldest head coach in NFL history 12 months after Seattle fired then paid him.
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.
The battle between Russell Wilson and Justin Fields has once again captured the NFL world—this time, focusing on who will remain with the Black and Gold in 2025. If the Pittsburgh Steelers decide to m
Ben Johnson made a decision. Aaron Glenn could be next. With Johnson heading to Chicago and Mike Vrabel already in New England, five head coaching vacancies remain.
The Las Vegas Raiders are negotiating a deal to hire Pete Carroll to be their new head coach, a person with knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press.
Wilson and Carroll—of course—spent 10 seasons together with the Seattle Seahawks from 2012 to '21, winning four NFC West titles, two NFC championships and Super Bowl XLVIII. There was reportedly some tension between the two down the stretch, and the QB was eventually traded to the Denver Broncos in 2022.
In his first offseason as a minority owner of the Las Vegas Raiders, Tom Brady played a role in the team’s hiring of Pete Carroll as their next head coach. Brady's former coach on the New England Patriots,
A number of potential candidates for the coordinator roles with the Raiders have ties to Carroll from his 14 years with the Seahawks.