{"id":761565,"date":"2026-02-19T03:23:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T03:23:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/761565\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T03:23:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T03:23:15","slug":"las-vegas-raiders-new-ronell-williams-hired-as-linebackers-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/761565\/","title":{"rendered":"Las Vegas Raiders new: Ronell Williams hired as linebackers coach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Las Vegas Raiders have reportedly added Ronell Williams to their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.silverandblackpride.com\/las-vegas-raiders-analysis\/122341\/las-vegas-raiders-coaching-hires-joe-woods\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">coaching staff<\/a> as the linebackers coach, according to ESPN\u2019s Adam Schefter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Let\u2019s get to know Williams a little more.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">He was the Philadelphia Eagles\u2019 assistant linebackers coach\/defensive quality control coach for the last two seasons, previously serving as the Eagles\u2019 nickelbacks coach in 2023.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">He turned 34 earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Williams is still a young coach, getting his first job at Division III Widener University as the linebackers coach in 2016. Then, he spent two seasons as a graduate assistant\/defensive analyst at Temple before breaking into the NFL as a defensive quality control coach with the Chicago Bears in 2019. Williams spent four years in Chicago before becoming the Eagles\u2019 nickels coach.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.silverandblackpride.com\/las-vegas-raiders-draft\/122087\/stoic-klint-kubiak-an-ideal-coach-for-fernando-mendoza\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kubiak<\/a> and Williams have never worked together, nor has Williams worked with recently promoted defensive coordinator Rob Leonard. However, new offensive coordinator Andrew Janocko was the Bears\u2019 quarterbacks coach during Williams\u2019 last year in Chicago. Different sides of the ball, but there is some familiarity within the coaching staff.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Why the Raiders are interested:<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Williams <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TheCowboysNet\/status\/2015115839557775783\" rel=\"nofollow\">also interviewed with the Dallas Cowboys<\/a> this offseason, so he appears to be an up-and-coming position coach in the NFL. Also, he has a couple of years of experience working with former Bears and current Eagles\u2019 defensive coordinator Vic Fangio, who is widely considered one of the best defensive play-callers in the league. Additionally, the Raiders need linebacker help and Williams could help lure Nakobe Dean in free agency, since they spent the last two seasons together in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Las Vegas Raiders have reportedly added Ronell Williams to their coaching staff as the linebackers coach, according&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":761566,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2065],"tags":[7,1744,393,86540,4241,2455,2454,6,525],"class_list":{"0":"post-761565","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-las-vegas-raiders-coaching-staff","12":"tag-las-vegas-raiders-news","13":"tag-lasvegas","14":"tag-lasvegasraiders","15":"tag-nfl","16":"tag-raiders"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116095156924937273","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/761565","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=761565"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/761565\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/761566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=761565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=761565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=761565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}