LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — Pete Carroll is coming to Las Vegas.
According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, the Raiders and Pete Carroll have agreed to a three-year deal with a fourth-year option.
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The hiring comes after Las Vegas fired head coach Antonio Pierce on Jan. 7 after going 4-13 in his coaching debut.
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Tampa Bay’s assistant general manager John Spytek was officially announced as the Raiders’ new general manager Friday. He replaces Tom Telesco who was also relieved of his duties two days after Pierce.
ABC Tampa sports reporter Kevin Lewis spoke with Alex Eschelman about his experience covering Spytek saying he, "knows how to get things done."
Both Spytek and Carroll have connections with the team’s minority owner, Tom Brady, who has had a heavy influence on Las Vegas’ hiring decisions this season.
Spytek and Brady were college teammates in 1999 in Michigan, then reunited in Tampa Bay to lead the Buccanneers to a Super Bowl title in 2021.
While Brady and Carroll never played together, Brady did beat Carroll’s reigning Super Bowl champion Seahawks in 2015 for his fourth Super Bowl win.
Carroll will become the Silver and Black’s third head coach in three seasons and fifth since their relocation to Las Vegas in 2020, including interim head coach Rich Bisaccia.
Since the Raiders lost the Super Bowl in 2003, the team has only had two playoff berths, two winning seasons and cycled through 13 head coaches.
Once the season begins, Carroll is set to become the oldest coach in NFL history when he turns 74 in September.
