Pete Carroll has to deal with Patrick Mahomes at least twice every season. This is why the Raider job will be a huge challenge.
Carroll, 73, is set to return to the NFL sideline as a head coach for the first time since the conclusion of the 2023 regular season.
What is Pete Carroll’s philosophy on coaching? His process to team-building? Why was he ultimately fired? Those answers and more.
The 73-year-old former Seahawks coach is reportedly the front-runner for the Raiders job. Would he be a good fit in Las Vegas?
The Raiders' hiring of Pete Carroll creates a decorated group of head coaches in the AFC West, full of Super Bowl and National Championship winners.
Carroll is easily the NFL's oldest active head coach, leading Reid by nearly seven years. His hiring means four of the NFL's six oldest coaches are all in the AFC West, as Reid (66), Harbaugh (61) and Payton (61) are all among the league's most experienced leaders.
The Las Vegas Raiders have informed other head-coaching candidates that Pete Carroll is set to become their next head coach, NFL Network Insiders Ian Rapoport and Tom Pelissero reported Friday, per sources.
Carroll enters his 31st season in the NFL, most recently spending 14 seasons as the Executive V.P. and Head Coach of the Seattle Seahawks.
The NFL has seen a youth movement at head coach in recent years, but the Raiders went against that trend with their newest hire.
Coach Andy Reid said his Kansas City Chiefs were "lucky" to win a "game of inches" against the Buffalo Bills, referencing a controversial call that confirmed a fourth-down defensive stand in the AFC title game.
Jason Fitz & Frank Schwab react to the hirings of Pete Carroll as the Las Vegas Raiders head coach and Liam Coen as the Jacksonville Jaguars head coach and preview the AFC Championship game between the Buffalo Bills & Kansas City Chiefs.