The Las Vegas Raiders are naming Pete Carroll as their next head coach, multiple media outlets reported Friday.
Per ESPN, Carroll agreed to a three-year deal with a fourth-year team option. NFL Network reported that other potential candidates have been informed by the Raiders that Carroll is the team’s new head coach.
By joining the AFC West, Carroll will resume a long rivalry with Jim Harbaugh, head coach of the Los Angeles Chargers. The latter previously coached the San Francisco 49ers while Carroll was manning the sideline with the Seattle Seahawks.
Carroll, 73, won a Super Bowl during his 14-year tenure with Seattle and has the most wins of any Seahawks coach (137). He also set the record for most playoff appearances (10) and wins (10) in franchise history. Carroll served as an adviser in 2024 after he and team officials agreed the time was right for a coaching change following the 2023 campaign.
Carroll also guided the New York Jets (1994) and New England Patriots (1997-99) and has a 170-120-1 record as an NFL head coach.
He excelled in the college ranks, winning two national championships at Southern California during his nine-year tenure and finishing with a 97-19 record. Carroll is one of only three coaches to win both a Super Bowl and a college national championship.
The Raiders fired head coach Antonio Pierce on Jan. 7, two days after concluding a 4-13 season.
Pierce, 46, went 9-17 over 1 1/2 seasons as coach. He first became the head coach on an interim basis after the midseason firing of Josh McDaniels in 2023.
Carroll joins a group of championship-winning coaches in the AFC West.
Harbaugh won a national title at Michigan. Andy Reid has led the Kansas City Chiefs to three Super Bowl wins and is bidding for a fourth this season. Sean Payton, the head coach in Denver, won the Super Bowl with the New Orleans Saints following the 2009 season.
–Field Level Media
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