Which means the Super Bowl champion Carroll is now the oldest head coach in the league by far. The San Francisco native will turn 74 in September when the 2025 NFL season begins. The next-oldest coach, Andy Reid, will turn 67 in March — assuming he returns to the Chiefs for another year.
With Pete Carroll set to become the head coach of the Raiders, he's also set to become the oldest head coach in NFL history.
Pete Carroll, at 73, is back in the NFL as the head coach of the Las Vegas Raiders. Sharing wisdom from his extensive coaching career, Carroll remains
Pete Carroll confirmed Tom Brady was “intricately involved” in the Raiders’ coaching search. The hiring of ex-Brady Michigan teammate and Buccaneers staffer John Spytek confirmed the part-owner’s role in the GM pursuit.
It’s official: Pete Carroll is the new head coach of the Las Vegas Raiders. The Raiders announced on Saturday afternoon that Carroll has officially become their head coach, a comeback to the NFL after many assumed his head-coaching career was over after he was fired by the Seahawks a year ago.
It's out with the old and in with the new in Las Vegas, but the new happens to be pretty old. The Raiders reportedly agreed to hire Pete Carroll as their head coach on Friday, bringing the Super Bowl-winning coach back to the NFL a year after he was surprisingly ousted by the Seahawks.
Pete Carroll is headed from the classroom back ... as he will surpass former Houston Texans interim head coach Romeo Crennel (73 years, 199 days on his final game) when he leads the Raiders ...
Even at 72, Pete Carroll still seems like he could coach for a few more years. While the Seahawks have moved on, Carroll earned a spot among the NFL’s highest-paid coaches by having a career
Former Seahawks coach Pete Carroll and the Raiders agreed to a three-year contract with a team option for a fourth year, according to a report.
Payton, 61, was the second-oldest coach in the division behind Kansas City’s Andy Reid, 66, when hired by the Broncos in 2023. Then last season, Jim Harbaugh, who is 61 and six days older than Payton, took over the Los Angeles Chargers.
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