Pete Carroll versus Andy Reid will now become a regular twice-per-season matchup in the NFL, thanks to Carroll's arrival with the Raiders.
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The AFC West underwent a dramatic shakeup on Friday with the arrival of Pete Carroll as Las Vegas Raiders head coach – rekindling his longstanding rivalry with Los Angeles Chargers head coach Jim Harbaugh in the process.
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
Pete Carroll and Sean Payton have done something only 18 other men have done in the entire history of the National Football League.
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.
Pete Carroll will turn 74 in September when he embarks on his first season as head coach of the Raiders.
After a year away from coaching, Pete Carroll has agreed to coach the Raiders. His previous NFL head-coaching jobs were with the Seahawks, Patriots and Jets.
The Las Vegas Raiders have agreed to hire Pete Carroll as their head coach, a person with knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press on Friday
Pete Carroll, 73, will return to the sideline with the Las Vegas Raiders after leading the Seattle Seahawks to two NFC titles and the franchise’s only Super Bowl win during a 14-year stretch.
There have been 35 head coaches that won a Super Bowl. Just four of those won Super Bowls after their seventh season with their organization.