{"id":723597,"date":"2026-02-02T11:40:26","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T11:40:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/723597\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T11:40:26","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T11:40:26","slug":"seahawks-oc-klint-kubiak-reportedly-set-to-become-raiders-next-head-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/723597\/","title":{"rendered":"Seahawks OC Klint Kubiak Reportedly Set To Become Raiders&#8217; Next Head Coach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"false\" data-v-746446fd=\"\">The <a class=\"entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nfl\/las-vegas-raiders-team\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Las Vegas Raiders<\/a> haven&#8217;t officially won the Klint Kubiak sweepstakes, but they appear primed to land the <a class=\"entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nfl\/seattle-seahawks-team\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Seattle Seahawks<\/a>&#8216; offensive coordinator to be their next head coach.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"false\" data-v-746446fd=\"\">Kubiak intends to try to work out a deal with the Raiders to become their next head coach, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AdamSchefter\/status\/2018027080416723254\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">ESPN reported Sunday<\/a>. The feeling is reciprocal, as Las Vegas is also &#8220;zeroing in&#8221; on Kubiak after meeting with him on Saturday, <a class=\"entity\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TomPelissero\/status\/2018026790162456892\" rel=\"nofollow\">NFL Media reported<\/a>. Kubiak had also met with the <a class=\"entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nfl\/arizona-cardinals-team\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Arizona Cardinals<\/a> on Saturday, with the expectation being that he would land either of the two remaining head coaching jobs.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"false\" data-v-746446fd=\"\">With the Seahawks playing in <a class=\"entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nfl\/super-bowl\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Super Bowl<\/a> LX, any team that wants to hire Kubiak to be their next head coach can&#8217;t make the move official until after Feb. 8.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"false\" data-v-746446fd=\"\">Kubiak, who became the Seahawks&#8217; offensive coordinator in 2025, has quickly made his way up the coaching ranks and has been regarded as one of the top offensive minds in the game. The 38-year-old helped quarterback <a class=\"entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nfl\/sam-darnold-player\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sam Darnold<\/a> have another impressive year, while wide receiver <a class=\"entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nfl\/jaxon-smith-njigba-player\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jaxon Smith-Njigba<\/a> has emerged as the frontrunner to win Offensive Player of the Year. Seattle&#8217;s offense ranked eighth in yards and third in scoring this season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"false\" data-v-746446fd=\"\">Prior to joining the Seahawks, Kubiak was the <a class=\"entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nfl\/new-orleans-saints-team\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New Orleans Saints<\/a>&#8216; offensive coordinator in 2024 and the <a class=\"entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nfl\/san-francisco-49ers-team\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">San Francisco 49ers<\/a>&#8216; passing game coordinator in 2023.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"false\" data-v-746446fd=\"\">Kubiak was ranked <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/stories\/nfl\/coaching-carousel-9-strongest-head-coach-candidates-nfl-vacancies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">as the fourth-best head coach candidate<\/a> this offseason by FOX Sports&#8217; Henry McKenna. The Raiders, meanwhile, were ranked <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/stories\/nfl\/ranking-nfl-head-coach-vacancies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">as the third-best head coach vacancy<\/a> of the 10 head coaching jobs that became available by FOX Sports&#8217; Ben Arthur.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"false\" data-v-746446fd=\"\">If Kubiak winds up becoming the Raiders&#8217; next head coach, he&#8217;ll join a team that might be able to solve their quarterback issues soon. The Raiders hold the No. 1 overall pick in the 2026 <a class=\"entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nfl\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NFL<\/a> Draft, with Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza expected to be taken with the top selection.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"false\" data-v-746446fd=\"\">Kubiak comes from a coaching family as well. His father is Gary Kubiak, who served as the offensive coordinator of the <a class=\"entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nfl\/denver-broncos-team\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Denver Broncos<\/a> teams that won two Super Bowls with John Elway in the 1990s before helping the franchise win a Super Bowl as head coach in 2015. Kubiak worked under his father when the latter was the offensive coordinator of the <a class=\"entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nfl\/minnesota-vikings-team\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Minnesota Vikings<\/a> (2019-20), serving as the team&#8217;s quarterbacks coach before replacing his dad as offensive coordinator in 2021.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Las Vegas Raiders haven&#8217;t officially won the Klint Kubiak sweepstakes, but they appear primed to land the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":723598,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2065],"tags":[7,1744,393,2455,2454,6,525],"class_list":{"0":"post-723597","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-las-vegas-raiders","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-las-vegas","10":"tag-las-vegas-raiders","11":"tag-lasvegas","12":"tag-lasvegasraiders","13":"tag-nfl","14":"tag-raiders"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116000851432631844","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/723597","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=723597"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/723597\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/723598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=723597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=723597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=723597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}