Romeo Crennel currently holds the record as the NFL's oldest-ever head coach. Pete Carroll is poised to overtake him in 2025.
In his return to the NFL at age 73, Pete Carroll will set a new league record as the head coach of the Las Vegas Raiders in 2025. Carroll has already regained his status as the oldest active head coach in the NFL, but once the season begins, he will have a record within reach.
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.
With Pete Carroll set to become the head coach of the Raiders, he's also set to become the oldest head coach in NFL history.
When Pete Carroll steps on the sidelines for the Las Vegas Raiders for the 2025 season, he will become the oldest head coach in NFL history.
The Las Vegas Raiders have landed on their next head coach, with the team set to hire former Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll to fill their vacancy. When Carroll takes the sideline for the Raiders in Week 1,
Former Seahawks coach Pete Carroll and the Raiders agreed to a three-year contract with a team option for a fourth year, according to a report.
It's out with the old and in with the new in Las Vegas, but the new happens to be pretty old. The Raiders reportedly agreed to hire Pete Carroll as their head coach on Friday, bringing the Super Bowl-winning coach back to the NFL a year after he was surprisingly ousted by the Seahawks.
It’s official: Pete Carroll is the new head coach of the Las Vegas Raiders. The Raiders announced on Saturday afternoon that Carroll has officially become their head coach, a comeback to the NFL after many assumed his head-coaching career was over after he was fired by the Seahawks a year ago.
Pete Carroll, at 73, is back in the NFL as the ... Similar seasoned coaches like Romeo Crennel and Bill Belichick also led teams into their 70s, exemplifying the value of experience in the NFL.
With the news that Pete Carroll will be appointed as the Las Vegas Raiders head coach, he will most certainly break the record for the oldest NFL head coach in history.
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.