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For the fourth time since 2022, the Las Vegas Raiders are on the lookout for a brand new head coach.
However this time, they’re getting some assist from an NFL legend.
Tom Brady, a minority proprietor of the Raiders, goes to be working alongside common supervisor John Spytek to search out the proper subsequent coach of the franchise after the firing of Pete Carroll after only one season in Las Vegas.
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Tom Brady seems on from the sidelines earlier than the sport between the Dallas Cowboys and the Chicago Bears at Soldier Area on Sept. 21, 2025 in Chicago. (Michael Reaves/Getty Photographs)
“Shifting ahead, Common Supervisor John Spytek will lead all soccer operations in shut collaboration with Tom Brady, together with the seek for the membership’s subsequent head coach,” Raiders proprietor Mark Davis stated in an announcement on Monday.
There was optimism when Carroll got here out of retirement to hitch the Raiders after the firing of Antonio Pierce final yr. Carroll has the Tremendous Bowl pedigree and the Raiders have been making strikes, together with bringing veteran Geno Smith in at quarterback.
However the season proved disastrous for the Raiders, going 3-14 to tie for the worst document within the league after 18 weeks.
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One caveat: With the New York Giants beating the Dallas Cowboys to enhance to 4-13 in Week 18, the Raiders personal the No. 1 total choose within the 2026 NFL Draft.
It’s a doubtlessly franchise-altering choose, and all indicators level to Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza being the choose for a quarterback-needy workforce just like the Raiders.
However first, the Raiders want to verify the roster is being led in the proper path, making the pinnacle coach rent crucial.
“Collectively, they may information soccer choices with a shared deal with management, tradition, and alignment with the group’s long-term imaginative and prescient and objectives,” Davis’ assertion concluded.
Las Vegas Raiders proprietor and managing common accomplice and Las Vegas Aces proprietor Mark Davis (L) and Tom Brady attend Recreation One of many 2023 WNBA Playoffs finals between the Aces and the New York Liberty at Michelob ULTRA Area on October 08, 2023, in Las Vegas. The Aces defeated the Liberty, 99-82. (Ethan Miller/Getty Photographs)
Brady and Spytek have historical past with one another previous to the latter being employed by the Raiders final yr. They have been briefly in Ann Arbor collectively as Michigan Wolverines teammates, however extra importantly, Spytek was with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers when Brady was with the group towards the tip of his profession.
They are going to be vying with different groups on the lookout for a brand new head coach this offseason, together with the Giants, Tennessee Titans, Atlanta Falcons, Cleveland Browns and Arizona Cardinals. The Falcons, Browns and Cardinals all fired their head coaches on what’s thought of “Black Monday” – the day after the ultimate regular-season week within the NFL.
The Raiders introduced in a Brady connection in January 2022 after they employed Josh McDaniels to be their subsequent head coach after rising to fame with the New England Patriots as their offensive coordinator. McDaniels, although, was fired halfway via the 2023 marketing campaign, making method for an interim position for Pierce.
Pierce was ultimately the rent within the offseason, assuming the position full-time in hopes the Raiders continued to rally round his ahead model of teaching that was highlighted by aggressive play.
Tom Brady seems on from the sector throughout warm-ups previous to an NFL soccer recreation between the New York Giants and the Philadelphia Eagles at Lincoln Monetary Area on Oct. 26, 2025 in Philadelphia. (Perry Knotts/Getty Photographs)
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However Pierce in the end didn’t work out, as Las Vegas relieved him of his duties earlier than making the rent of Carroll.
In fact, the Raiders need to cease this development with their on-field chief, and it is going to be as much as Brady and Spytek to get the rent proper this time round.
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