\u201cThe Las Vegas Raiders have relieved Pete Carroll of his duties as head coach. We appreciate and wish him and his family all the best,\u201d owner Mark Davis said in a statement<\/a> released by the team on social media.<\/p>\n \u201cMoving forward, general manager John Spytek will lead all football operations in close collaboration with Tom Brady, including the search for the club\u2019s next head coach. Together, they will guide football decisions with a shared focus on leadership, culture, and alignment with the organization\u2019s long-term vision and goals.\u201d<\/p>\n The Raiders finished with a 3-14 record and in last place in the AFC West this season under Carroll, who was the league\u2019s oldest coach at 74. Las Vegas secured the No. 1 pick for the 2026 NFL Draft on Sunday.<\/p>\n Las Vegas\u2019 season started with a victory over the eventual AFC East champion New England Patriots in Week 1, but the Raiders went on to lose 14 of their next 15 games before beating the Patrick Mahomes-less Kansas City Chiefs in Sunday\u2019s season finale, which could be the 74-year-old Carroll\u2019s last game as a head coach in the NFL.<\/p>\n The Raiders\u2019 minus-191 point differential was the third-worst in NFL, ahead of only the New York Jets and Tennessee Titans.<\/p>\n The three wins are the least by a Carroll-led team in his 19 years as an NFL head coach, and it was just the fifth time in the Raiders\u2019 66-year team history that they won three or fewer games.<\/p>\n Carroll led the Seahawks to two Super Bowl appearances and the franchise\u2019s only championship during his 14 seasons (2010-23) as head coach in Seattle. He won the NFC West five times and reached the postseason 10 times. His 137 wins are the most in franchise history.<\/p>\n Carroll has a career 173-134-1 record in the NFL across stints with the Seahawks, Raiders, Jets and New England Patriots. He also won two national championships and seven Pac-10 titles in nine seasons as the head coach of the USC Trojans.<\/p>\n Carroll came to Las Vegas with the intent of winning right away. He got his wish of bringing in quarterback Geno Smith, whom he coached in Seattle. Neither got the success they expected, with Smith throwing a league-high 17 interceptions as the losses piled up.<\/p>\n This wasn\u2019t what Carroll used to as a coach. He coached the Seahawks to a Super Bowl title and Southern California to two national championships.<\/p>\n But now Carroll has been dismissed by the Raiders, just as Antonio Pierce was last year and Josh McDaniels midway through the 2023 season.<\/p>\n The Raiders have run through coaches since appearing in the Super Bowl in the 2002 season. They have made the playoffs just twice since then, losing both wild-card games.<\/p>\n The Raiders could now seek an offensive-minded coach to work with a young quarterback should the Raiders draft Heisman Trophy winner Fernando Mendoza or Dante Moore with the first overall pick.<\/p>\n That formula worked well this season in Chicago with coach Ben Johnson and quarterback Caleb Williams and in Jacksonville with coach Liam Coen and QB Trevor Lawrence. Both teams are playoff bound after experiencing losing seasons the year before.<\/p>\n This post includes contributions from The Associated Press.<\/p>\n Report: Seahawks, LT Charles Cross agree to four-year extension<\/a><\/p>\n
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