Report: Raiders hire Jack Del Rio
Posted by Josh Alper on January 14, 2015, 4:24 PM EST
Signs have pointed to Jack Del Rio landing the Raiders head coaching job for a while and now the deal is done.
Adam Schefter of ESPN was the first to report that Del Rio has agreed to a deal to become the 21st head coach in the history of the franchise. No details of the contract have been announced or reported yet.
The East Bay native had been the Broncos defensive coordinator for the last three seasons and replaced Dennis Allen in the job after Allen took the job as the Raiders head coach.
It’s Del Rio’s second head coaching job in the NFL. He went 68-71 as the head coach in Jacksonville from 2003 to 2011 and also served as the interim head coach in Denver in 2013 while John Fox was recovering from heart problems.
The Raiders will be looking to Del Rio to break their long playoff drought by building a winning team around young players like quarterback Derek Carr and linebacker Khalil Mack. Former Falcons head coach Mike Smith is reportedly going to join Del Rio in that effort as defensive coordinator, a job he filled for part of Del Rio’s Jacksonville tenure as well.
UPDATE 4:37 p.m. ET: Per multiple reports, it’s a four-year deal.
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Supposedly Bowl Cut Davis wanted Del Rio, the GM (the football guy) wanted to keep Sparano.