The Raiders have hired Mike McCoy as an assistant head coach on Klint Kubiak‘s new staff, per a team announcement.
McCoy, 53, spent the 2025 season with the Titans. He was first hired as a senior offensive assistant and was later named interim head coach after the team fired Brian Callahan. McCoy has spent the last 26 years coaching in the NFL in a variety of offensive roles, including two coordinator stints with the Broncos and one with the Cardinals. McCoy was also the Chargers’ head coach from 2013 to 2016, during which time he compiled a 27-37 record with just one playoff berth.
Kubiak worked under McCoy during his second stint as the Broncos’ offensive coordinator in 2017. The pair will now reunite in Las Vegas, where McCoy will add plenty of experience to the staff of a first-time head coach with only two years of coordinator experience. With experience with several teams including four years in the top job, McCoy will be able to help Kubiak navigate his new job.
McCoy may also have a role working with the Raiders’ quarterbacks, whether it be veteran Geno Smith or potential No. 1 draft pick Fernando Mendoza. A former CFL quarterback himself, McCoy has worked with a variety of quarterbacks in his career as a position coach, offensive coordinator, and head coach. His history with the position is not especially strong, though he rarely worked with a passer that later found success elsewhere.
Philip Rivers led the league in completion percentage and won Comeback Player of the Year in McCoy’s first season in San Diego. He then threw 52 interceptions from 2014 to 2016, the most in the NFL in that span. Something similar happened with Trevor Lawrence while McCoy served as the Jaguars’ quarterbacks coach from 2022 to 2024. After a disappointing showing as a rookie in 2021, Lawrence broke out in 2022 before regressing in his next two seasons.
That’s quite the QB development endorsement. Let’s put him to work on our presumptive face of the franchise.