took home Super Bowl MVP honors after rushing<\/a> for 135 yards on 27 carries. The running back surpassed 100 scrimmage yards in each of the team’s three playoff contests, showcasing the offensive scheme that Kubiak deployed throughout the campaign and in the championship game.<\/p>\nReports surfaced before the Super Bowl indicating both sides were keen to strike a deal that would make Kubiak the franchise’s 23rd permanent head coach. However, with Seattle gearing up for the title game against New England, any formal announcement had to wait until after the final whistle.<\/p>\n
Kubiak didn’t hesitate to reveal his plans for Las Vegas. When pressed about his future in coaching, Kubiak responded: “Well, you guys know I’m going to Las Vegas. I’m fired up about it.<\/p>\n
“But tonight, I got one more night.” When NFL Network’s Stacey Dales pressed him on whether he was definitely making the move, Kubiak emphatically stated: “Hell yeah I’m going. Of course I’m going.”<\/p>\n
The Raiders’ extensive head coaching search has finally concluded with the appointment of Kubiak – a process overseen by minority owner Tom Brady and general manager John Spytek. Las Vegas interviewed an impressive 15 candidates as they sought to replace Pete Carroll, who was dismissed after a dismal 2025 campaign that saw the team finish 3-14.<\/p>\n
Despite spending just one year in Seattle after moving between four franchises in four seasons, Kubiak’s impact was immediately evident. In 2025, the Seahawks soared to second in the NFL for points per game (29.2) and seventh for yards per game (350), a significant improvement from their 17th and 15th place rankings in those metrics the year before.<\/p>\n
Kubiak now takes charge of the Raiders, where he’ll face significant challenges in revitalizing a struggling organization that has been deprived of success in recent years. However, Brady is evidently convinced that the 38 year old possesses the credentials to reverse the team’s fortunes. Brady witnessed Kubiak’s offensive system firsthand during consecutive weeks while commentating on Seattle’s matchups against the San Francisco 49ers and Los Angeles Rams. The Seahawks accumulated 72 points across both victories, with Sam Darnold delivering exceptional performances at the peak of his career.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Klint Kubiak has officially confirmed he will take the reins as the Las Vegas Raiders’ next head coach…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":739916,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2065],"tags":[7,8357,1744,393,2455,2454,6,525,261,505,16165],"class_list":{"0":"post-739915","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-klint-kubiak","10":"tag-las-vegas","11":"tag-las-vegas-raiders","12":"tag-lasvegas","13":"tag-lasvegasraiders","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-raiders","16":"tag-seattle-seahawks","17":"tag-super-bowl","18":"tag-super-bowl-lx"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116039964591106523","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/739915","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=739915"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/739915\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/739916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=739915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=739915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=739915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}