Jan. 18, 2026, 7:45 a.m. ET<\/p>\n
Per NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero, former Miami Dolphins<\/a> head coach Mike McDaniel will interview with the Las Vegas Raiders<\/a> on Monday in Miami from the College Football Playoff National Championship.<\/p>\n McDaniel, 42, is one of two candidates that the Raiders will hold in-person interviews<\/a> with ahead of the CFP national championship game between Indiana and Miami. The Raiders<\/a> will also interview Carolina Panthers<\/a> defensive coordinator Ejiro Evero.<\/p>\n McDaniel has also interviewed for the Cleveland Browns<\/a>, Tennessee Titans<\/a> and Baltimore Ravens<\/a>‘ head coaching vacancies. McDaniel also interviewed with the Atlanta Falcons<\/a>, but the Falcons hired former Browns<\/a> head coach Kevin Stefanski as its new head coach on Saturday.<\/p>\n McDaniel interviewed with the Detroit Lions<\/a> for the Lions<\/a>‘ offensive coordinator opening last Tuesday and has been reported to value<\/a> a “great OC opportunity better than a not-great head coaching vacancy.”<\/p>\n To this point, there are six known candidates in the Lions’ OC search. In addition to McDaniel, the Lions have either already interviewed or will interview former New York Giants<\/a> offensive coordinator and interim head coach Mike Kafka, Pittsburgh Steelers<\/a> offensive coordinator Arthur Smith, Atlanta Falcons offensive coordinator Zac Robinson, Seattle Seahawks<\/a> offensive passing game coordinator Jake Peetz and Baltimore Ravens<\/a> quarterbacks coach Tee Martin for its OC opening.<\/p>\n Expert NFL picks: Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a><\/p>\n For more\u00a0Lions<\/a>\u00a0coverage, follow us on X,\u00a0@TheLionsWire<\/a>, and give our\u00a0Facebook<\/a>\u00a0page a like.\u00a0Follow Josh on X,\u00a0@JoshOnLions<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jan. 18, 2026, 7:45 a.m. ET Per NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero, former Miami Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":686412,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2065],"tags":[95878,7699,7,1744,393,2455,2454,6,525,52959,96502,95882,95898,96059,95957,96242,95893,95885,96096,95951,98346,95891,95895,95899,95977,95884,95883,95889,95881],"class_list":["post-686411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-las-vegas-raiders","tag-accessfree","tag-fl","tag-football","tag-las-vegas","tag-las-vegas-raiders","tag-lasvegas","tag-lasvegasraiders","tag-nfl","tag-raiders","tag-sstssportsnfllions","tag-sstsnlions","tag-tagamerican-football","tag-tagbaltimore-ravens","tag-tagcarolina-panthers","tag-tagcleveland-browns","tag-tagdetroit-lions","tag-tagfacebook","tag-taglas-vegas-raiders","tag-tagmiami","tag-tagmiami-dolphins","tag-tagmike-kafka","tag-tagnew-york-giants","tag-tagnfl-hub","tag-tagoverall-neutral","tag-tagseattle-seahawks","tag-tagsports-coaching-training","tag-tagsports-news","tag-tagtennessee-titans","tag-typestory"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/686411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=686411"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/686411\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/686412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=686411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=686411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=686411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}