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Las Vegas Raiders hire Pete Carroll as new head coach

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The Las Vegas Raiders made their decision, hiring Pete Carroll as their next head coach, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter.

Carroll, who won a Super Bowl with the Seattle Seahawks, is replacing Antonio Pierce, who was fired after going 4-13 in his first and only season at the helm. Carroll is hoping to bring his championship pedigree to Sin City, and build them into a contender after one season removed from the NFL.

The Raiders are no stranger to a coaching search, having hired eight head coaches since 2011 alone. Carroll is now No. 9, entrusted as the coach to lead the Raiders into the future. He’ll hope to have some staying power with the legendary franchise.

Las Vegas is searching for stability and consistency — two things that have been hard to come by. The Raiders have just two playoff appearances since their Super Bowl XXXVII defeat to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the 2002 season (2016, 2021).

Perhaps Pete Carroll can deliver it, as his accolades precede him. He’ll have his work cut out for him in Sin City, but if he can turn the Raiders around, he’ll forever be a legend in Las Vegas.

Raiders hire new HC, now turn attention to finding franchise QB

Top of the list for the new regime? Finding a franchise quarterback. After both Gardner Minshew and Aidan O’Connell struggled under center this season, it’s all but guaranteed the Raiders will look to revamp their quarterback room this offseason.

Two late season wins took the Raiders out of the hunt for the No. 1 overall pick, and Las Vegas will now be picking sixth this April. Does that take them out of the Cam Ward and Shedeur Sanders sweepstakes? Possibly, though Las Vegas could opt to be aggressive in moving up to secure one the draft’s top signal-callers.

Seven-time Super Bowl champion and new minority owner Tom Brady could very well play a role in the Raiders’ roster decisions in 2025.

“I want Tom to have a huge voice. No question about it,” Raiders controlling owner Mark Davis said last month. “It’s part of building the infrastructure of the organization, which is something that we didn’t have… a football person on that side of it that’s not a coach or a general manager, but somebody who can oversee the whole picture. And I believe Tom, in time, will be the person who can do that.

“He’s got a great ability to communicate on a level that people can understand and not trying to talk over them. I’m excited and really grateful that he’s part of the Raiders organization.”

On3’s Steve Samra contributed to this report.