“Las Vegas Raiders owner Mark Davis has whiffed a handful of times on head coaches and general managers the past 14 years,” Manzano wrote in a Jan. 14 column. “But he didn’t even give coach Antonio Pierce and Tom Telesco a fair shake in firing both after one year.

The Las Vegas Raiders sent shockwaves through the NFL on Friday as they progressed toward an agreement to make Pete Carroll their next head coach. ESPN's

We answer six burning questions on Carroll's return to coaching -- and Tom Brady's involvement. Plus, Ben Solak grades the hire.

The deal has an option for Carroll to coach a fourth season for the Raiders, through 2028, Schefter reported. Carroll will be 77 years old at the end of the 2028 season. When he takes the Raiders’ sideline this September,

The Las Vegas Raiders own claim to one of the most famous stanzas in NFL Films history -- "the Autumn Wind is a pirate, blustering in from sea, with a rollicking song he sweeps along, swaggering boisterously" -- owing in large part to the incredible history of the franchise in NFL annals.

Carroll has spent the last year away from the NFL sideline after leaving his role with the Seattle Seahawks to be an advisor for the franchise.

The Las Vegas Raiders are making waves again, with Tom Brady and the team's leadership reportedly set to bring in a Super Bowl-winning coach to lead them back to glory. Tom Brady and Mark Davis are facing one of the most important decisions in Raiders history.

Raiders hired Pete Carroll, who will return to the NFL, as their next head coach three weeks after firing Antonio Pierce

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.

Pete Carroll is headed back to an NFL sideline with the Raiders, and he'll become the oldest coach in league history once he debuts in Las Vegas.

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.