The AFC West underwent a dramatic shakeup on Friday with the arrival of Pete Carroll as Las Vegas Raiders head coach – rekindling his longstanding rivalry with Los Angeles Chargers head coach Jim Harbaugh in the process.

Pete Carroll and Sean Payton have done something only 18 other men have done in the entire history of the National Football League.

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.

Pete Carroll will turn 74 in September when he embarks on his first season as head coach of the Raiders.

The Las Vegas Raiders have agreed to hire Pete Carroll as their head coach, a person with knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press on Friday

The 73-year-old Carroll, who won a Super Bowl with the Seattle Seahawks and a national championship at USC, takes over after Las Vegas went 4-13 last season

The 73-year-old former Patriots and Seahawks coach is returning to the NFL after just one season off the sidelines.

Pete Carroll, 73, will return to the sideline with the Las Vegas Raiders after leading the Seattle Seahawks to two NFC titles and the franchise’s only Super Bowl win during a 14-year stretch.

On Friday, the Las Vegas Raiders agreed to terms with Pete Carroll, per ESPN's Adam Schefter. He will be the team's sixth full-time head coach since

If you love the NFL and its history, you have to be excited about seeing the news that Pete Carroll will coach the Las Vegas Raiders. Carroll will coach in the AFC West, going up against Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs.

Jalen Hurts bucked decades of history just by getting back to the Super Bowl after losing his first trip there as a starting quarterback.