The AFC West may have gotten a whole lot tougher with the recent coaching move the Las Vegas Raiders made. Where will that put Los Angeles Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh on the totem pole?
Now that Pete Carroll and Jim Harbaugh are in the same division again, get ready for more amazing battles between two coaches who have always made each other better.
After battling for supremacy in the Pac-10 and the NFC West, Carroll and Harbaugh are now set to square off in the AFC West.
The Las Vegas Raiders are the latest team to put an end to their head coaching search, reportedly reaching an agreement with former Super Bowl champion Pete Carroll on Friday morning. While Carroll's tenure with the Seattle Seahawks didn't end well,
Pete Carroll accepted the lead job with the Las Vegas Raiders, once again pitting him against long-standing rival Jim Harbaugh.
As of Friday, the four coaches of the AFC West are as follows: Pete Carroll with the Las Vegas Raiders, Andy Reid with the Kansas City Chiefs, Sean Payton with the Denver Broncos, and Jim Harbaugh with the Los Angeles Chargers.
Carroll will be 74 this fall, becoming the oldest head coach in NFL history 12 months after Seattle fired then paid him.
The four AFC West head coaches—Andy Reid, Jim Harbaugh, Sean Payton, and Pete Carroll—now have a combined 20 Conference Championship appearances and nine Super Bowl appearances. https://t.co/t0myQXaeI6
Instead, what turned out to be a pretty darned exciting Rams season is over, and now we’re wondering if not only Stafford but Cooper Kupp will be back with the team in 2025. And while that sounds drastic, it’s business as usual in the NFL, where careers are short, guaranteed money is rare and the salary cap is punitive.
Pete Carroll and the Raiders have reached an agreement on a three-year deal with a fourth-year team option to be the team's new head coach, sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter.
With Pete Carroll now at the helm, the Las Vegas Raiders look to elevate their franchise amid a fierce AFC West coaching gauntlet.