A clear majority of PFR’s readers believe Pete Carroll will be a one-and-done head coach in Vegas. Signs continue to point in that direction. 
Carroll is expected to be dismissed following Week 18, CBS Sports’ Jonathan Jones reports. A departure could still come in the form of retirement, NFL insider Jordan Schultz adds. In any case, yet another Raiders coaching search appears to be forthcoming.
Owner Mark Davis has not yet stated which way he is leaning to anyone in the organization, according to Ian Rapoport and Tom Pelissero of NFL Network. Their report nevertheless confirms Carroll is set to be replaced this offseason. With Vegas on track to secure the No. 1 pick in the 2026 draft, meanwhile, a major reset will likely be in store over the coming months.
Carroll has been “fighting for another year” at the helm of the Raiders, per the NFLN report. The 2025 season has been messy to say the least, however, with two coordinators being fired in the middle of the campaign. Vegas’ offense has struggled throughout the season, and selecting a rookie at the top of the draft could allow for the team to move in a new direction for 2026 and beyond. At the age of 74, Carroll naturally does not profile as a candidate regarding a long-term overhaul.
A win-now campaign (or at least something close to it) was the goal with Carroll, first-year general manager John Spytek, minority owner Tom Brady and veteran quarterback Geno Smith being brought in last offseason. The reunion between Carroll and Smith has not yielded the desired results, and Vegas enters tomorrow’s action with 14 losses – including 10 in a row. Widespread evaluations of coaching and quarterback options will become a central priority provided the Raiders do indeed make a change on the sidelines.
Jones, Schultz and Sports Illustrated’s Albert Breer note Brady is set to play a leading role in not only the HC search but also the process of evaluating quarterback options. The seven-time Super Bowl champion is known to be a central voice in the Raiders’ decision-making, and that should be expected to remain the case for the foreseeable future. As Michael Silver of The Athletic writes (subscription required), Davis has treated Brady as the “de facto boss” of the team with respect to football matters. Per Silver, even some inside the organization are unsure of who is behind certain decisions given the Davis-Brady dynamic.
Stability in the front office over an extended period would of course be welcomed in the Raiders’ case considering the changes which have been commonplace on that front over time. A long-running cycle of moves on the sidelines has defined the franchise as well, and it seems as though another reset in that regard is imminent.
As sentinATL would say lmao
Would say what lol😂
Sell the team bowl cut
He wasn’t given enough time.. 1 year is not enough, shame…. He’s a good coach. Way too many crappy owners in this sport
And Tom Brady is one of those crappy owners. Raiders with another poor season, Birmingham City in England closer to relegation than to the top 6.
lol he made a bad team worse. Refuses to play young guys. Not a single player improved throughout the season, with tons of regression. There’s not a single reason why he should be back, it was arguable coaching malpractice this season.
Don’t forget the nepo hiring of his sons to run parts of the offense. The Raiders offensive line is one of the worst in recent memory. One of Pete’s idiot sons is the OL coach.
I would give him another year….this is not the time for change
They are the worst team in football, likely will
have the #1 pick and have alienated their franchise player.
This is exactly the time for change.
He’s going to be 75 next year and they’re no where near competing. Keeping him is just delaying another inevitable rebuild.
Belichek?
Might as well, can probably get another first overall pick next year with him
Two words: Tuck Rule.
Two words for you too ChuckyNJ and one rhymes w tuck ! Tird
I agree … a fumble if there ever was one.
Pete had one more shot and he put all his QB hopes on a pumpkin version of Geno Smith
Does anyone expect Tom to have patience? Probably fire a coach every year.
Terrible color guy and worse owner. Brady should take his millions and retire to the studio with the other talking heads…
Smart move
Lmao what a stinker
Give the man more than a year. Geeesh. Let him get a decent QB in the draft and go from there.
My concerns:
A) I hate revolving door of HCs so I want to keep Pete. Hes a very good coach and can have a positive overall effect on this team. He just has a really bad roster at the moment and the injuries to the OL made it worse.
But…
B) We’re prob drafting a QB at 1 and we likely need a younger coach to bring him along. Pete at 75 prob doesn’t want to be the one to do that. Bringing in Geno felt like an attempt to “win now” by an aging coach
Bring him back to the niners as an advisor, he’ll fit in nicely when someone poaches Saleh again
There’s definitely a place in the league for Pete but it might not be on the sidelines as a coach.
Should start over. Number #1 pick. Qb is clearly the path they will go. With that in mind, a offensive minded coach who can develop the pick should be a top priority.
Stefanski?
Hire an offensive minded coach. It ain’t that hard.
With them drafting Mendoza #1, makes sense to pair him with a quality OC who can coach up a QB. Good luck recruiting one though, with that franchise’s reputationnfor dysfunction.
This is some breaking news going on here. Vegas will pick a rookie at the top of the draft. How do these reporters come up with this breaking news?
I know they meant a QB but the wording is just off. They will probably take Mendoza at #1 unless Tommy Boy decides to get too smart for his britches and reaches for another QB. One that has more upside but is more volatile.
Also for the last time I will say told you so. Pete is too old and Geno sucks. He let a little success go to his head now he is his own worst enemy. If I were running the team I would get a decent haircut then I would see how many firsts I could get for this one. This team needs as many firsts as they can get. They need a young coach not one that could be their great granddad.
Find one of these young off minded coaches and hire him. Then find a young def minded coach to be D Coordinator. I would then hire an older Off Coordinator to balance it all out.
This team sucks trade Maxx for what you can get for him. Don’t think you want a first for him when 3 teams are offering a third. That would be his value not what over valuation you put on him. Before we get our panties in a knot the picks I used were an example. I am not sure what his value would be. This team is 5 years away from winning if they get lucky and all their picks hit. We know that would be rare something like say an old adversary with a bird mascot would do.
The 3rd rd valuation is correct. People are gonna say a 1 and a future 2 but due to age and dealing from a position of weakness the more realistic haul would be a 3rd and future 4 and some garbage pick swaps.
Carroll was done dirty. Give a HOF head coach one year with that roster? Pathetic.
Or maybe that is what is left of a HOF Coach. Pete was the main reason the LOB all left. His crap he pulled in the SB destroyed them. Plus he is the reason he got Geno there. Some of the crappy team is on him. Geno was OK for a season then a turnover machine. He didn’t have or doesn’t have the ability to make up for his turnovers like a Favre.
I respectfully disagree. The LOB members that can’t stand Pete are all head cases. Sherm, Bennett, Earl… and they all did worse without Pete. So did Russell Wilson. No one is perfect, Pete has made some mistakes. I guarantee you the next head coach won’t be a mainstay in Las Vegas either.
If you want to gloss over a decade of elite level football, which took a lowly franchise to two super bowls over one play, that’s more on you than Pete.
A sports talking head made an observation about the ‘old school’ coaches becoming fewer and that those still employed are not able to compete with younger head coaches. His take was the game has changed and seemingly old school coaches won’t find their teams in the win column.
Pete Carroll appears to be a guy who has coasted on his laurels one too many seasons. Hiring his son as an offensive line coach seems, uh, offensive.
We can’t get much worse so the next move by the Raider overseers could have a 50/50 chance for improvement.
So rumors out there say that the loser of today’s Steelers vs Ravens game could have a head coach opening come Monday afternoon. Does the Raiders go after John Harbaugh or Mike Tomlin?
Neither getting fired. A team would have to trade for the coach.
Raiders 101-143, 0-2 (post season) under Mark Davis. It’s not the coaches. Dissing Carroll for nepotism seems ironic for a coach hired by a nepo-baby owner who inherited a flailing team from his senile dad and made it even worse.
LOL That is good and true. I think the best move for the Faiders is to hire Bill. At least his nepotism has some quality. Then they could trade for a failed backup QB and have another bad year. They can blame everyone but the bowl cut baby because he is more sane than daddy. They need to do what I laid out above.
@Compassrose No argument from me on anything you’ve written here. Don’t see much hope for once-proud Silver n’ Black without ownership change. But we’re just guys on the margins, talking while billionaires billion.