After interviewing Aubrey Pleasant today, the Raiders will continue the search for their new defensive coordinator tomorrow. According to Tom Pelissero of NFL Network, Las Vegas will interview Seahawks safeties coach Jeff Howard for the position on Saturday. 
Following a playing career as a linebacker at Eastern New Mexico, Howard immediately turned to the coaching route, heading over the border into Texas to become the defensive coordinator at Odessa Permian HS (TX) of Friday Night Lights fame. After four years of high school coaching, Howard remained in West Texas after accepting a position as offensive line assistant at Texas Tech. He was quickly moved to the other side of the ball as a defensive quality control coach working with safeties.
Howard made the jump to the NFL two years later, joining the Vikings as assistant to the head coach. He was promoted to defensive assistant in 2014 before being named assistant linebackers coach the next season. He spent his last season in Minnesota in an assistant defensive backs coaching role before heading to Cleveland in 2020 to serve as defensive backs coach/pass game coordinator. After three years with the Browns, Howard joined the Chargers for a year as linebackers coach before being named to Mike Macdonald‘s defensive staff in Seattle as safeties coach.
In two years in Seattle, Howard helped develop a talented safeties room comprised of Coby Bryant, Julian Love, Ty Okada, and rookie roamer Nick Emmanwori. After 13 years of NFL coaching experience, Howard is getting his first opportunity to interview for a coordinator role in the NFL. If he were hired, Howard would be following new head coach Klint Kubiak in the trip from Seattle to Las Vegas. The two also coached together for a year in Minnesota, where Kubiak served as quarterbacks coach before earning his first offensive coordinator opportunity.
Howard will be the team’s second candidate to interview for the position tomorrow, following Pleasant’s meeting today. A number of other candidates have been rumored, though, with more potential interviews expected.