Former Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll is making his long-awaited return to the NFL. According to ESPN's Adam Schefter, the Las Vegas Raiders have hire

The Las Vegas Raiders have found their next head coach. According to Adam Schefter of ESPN, Pete Carroll has agreed to a three-year deal to become the team’s head coach. There is also a team option in the fourth year.

The Las Vegas Raiders are hiring Pete Carroll to be the team’s head coach, according to reports. ESPN’s Adam Schefter and NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport and Tom Pelissero first reported the news. CNN has reached out to the Raiders for comment.

Carroll will be 74 this fall, becoming the oldest head coach in NFL history 12 months after Seattle fired then paid him.

The Raiders fired GM Tom Telesco and head coach Antonio Pierce after one full season that finished 4-13. The Raiders hired John Spytek earlier this week to replace Telesco as GM. Carroll is tasked with bringing stability to a franchise that has had three head coaches in three seasons after Pierce replaced Josh McDaniel in 2023.

Pete Carroll and the Raiders have reached an agreement on a three-year deal with a fourth-year team option to be the team's new head coach, sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter.

Which means the Super Bowl champion Carroll is now the oldest head coach in the league by far. The San Francisco native will turn 74 in September when the 2025 NFL season begins. The next-oldest coach, Andy Reid, will turn 67 in March — assuming he returns to the Chiefs for another year.

Another Super Bowl-winning coach is joining the AFC West. The Raiders agreed to a deal to make Pete Carroll their next head coach on Friday, ESPN's Adam Schefter reported, bringing the former Seahawks coach back to the NFL a year after his surprising exit from Seattle.

The New Orleans Saints and the Dallas Cowboys are the only two NFL teams still looking for a new head coach after the Las Vegas Raiders hired Pete Carroll and the Jacksonville Jaguars hired Liam Coen recently.

Cowboys coach Brian Schottenheimer has not been officially introduced yet, but he is already working on his staff.

The NFL has seen a youth movement at head coach in recent years, but the Raiders went against that trend with their newest hire.