Pete Carroll confirmed Tom Brady was “intricately involved” in the Raiders’ coaching search. The hiring of ex-Brady Michigan teammate and Buccaneers staffer John Spytek confirmed the part-owner’s role in the GM pursuit.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Payton, 61, was the second-oldest coach in the division behind Kansas City’s Andy Reid, 66, when hired by the Broncos in 2023. Then last season, Jim Harbaugh, who is 61 and six days older than Payton, took over the Los Angeles Chargers.

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Pete Carroll, whose storied football career is rooted in Stockton, is headed back to an NFL sideline with the Raiders.