Las Vegas Raiders have hired Super Bowl winner Pete Carroll on a three-year deal to become their next head coach.
Carroll, who turns 74 in September, will become the oldest head coach in NFL history when he takes charge of his fourth franchise.
Carroll is one of four head coaches who has led teams to both a college football national championship and Super Bowl alongside Barry Switzer, Jimmy Johnson and Jim Harbaugh.
The 73-year-old helped lead the USC Trojans to a national championship and the 2003 AP national championship before going to the Seattle Seahawks.
Carroll led the Seahawks to 10 playoff appearances, two conference championships and the franchise’s only Super Bowl win.
The Raiders fired coach Antonio Pierce after going 4-13 in his first full season. Pierce was 5-4 as an interim coach in 2023 after replacing Josh McDaniels.
Carroll becomes the team’s 14th head coach since Jon Gruden was traded to Tampa Bay in 2002.
Carroll began his NFL head coaching career with the New York Jets in 1994, going 6-10. He was 27-21 in three seasons with the Patriots from 1997-99 and joined Seattle in 2010 after nine seasons at Southern California.
One of his chief challenges will be what to do at quarterback in a division that includes the Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes, the Chargers’ Justin Herbert and the Broncos’ Bo Nix.
Mahomes is pursuing his fourth Super Bowl title and third in a row. Herbert is considered a potentially top-level quarterback and Nix just completed a largely successful rookie season.
When is the Super Bowl?
The Eagles host the Commanders in the NFC Championship Game at 8pm live on Sky Sports NFL this Sunday, followed by the Bills against the Chiefs at Arrowhead from 11.30pm, the winners of both advancing to Super Bowl LIX at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans on February 9.
It will be the 11th time the Super Bowl has been hosted in New Orleans, the first time since 2013, and the eighth game to be held at the Caesars Superdome.
Grammy-winning rapper Kendrick Lamar will headline the Super Bowl half-time show.
Source : Sky Sports
