Schottenheimer gets Cowboys job & Raiders appoint Carroll

Brian Schottenheimer joined the Dallas Cowboys as an analyst in 2022 and was promoted to offensive co-ordinator the following year

The Las Vegas Raiders have named Pete Carroll as their new head coach while the Dallas Cowboys appointed Brian Schottenheimer.

Carroll, 73, led the Seattle Seahawks to Super Bowl victory in 2014 and becomes the oldest head coach in NFL history.

Schottenheimer, the son of legendary coach Marty, has been promoted from offensive co-ordinator to replace Mike McCarthy, who left the Cowboys after five years in charge earlier this month.

The 51-year-old has no experience as a head coach but has worked in various roles within NFL teams for more than 25 years.

Schottenheimer spent the past three seasons at the Cowboys under McCarthy, who was mentored by his father Marty before his death in 2021.

Marty earned 200 regular-season wins during 21 years as a head coach, which included spells with the Cleveland Browns and the Kansas City Chiefs.

The Cowboys will introduce Schottenheimer as their head coach in a news conference on Monday.

The Philadelphia Eagles' offensive co-ordinator Kellen Moore, who worked under McCarthy at Dallas before being succeeded by Schottenheimer.

"Schottenheimer boasted the much lengthier resume of overall coaching experience between the two, despite having not called plays in Dallas during the McCarthy era," read a Cowboys statement.

He becomes the Cowboys' 10th head coach and the ninth since owner Jerry Jones took over in 1989.

Carroll becomes oldest head coach in NFL history

Pete Carroll is one of four head coaches who has led teams to a college football national championship and a Super Bowl win

Veteran coach Carroll replaces Antonio Pierce in Las Vegas having been out of work since ending his 14-year tenure with Seattle at the end of the 2023 season.

Pierce had spent one full season in charge before being sacked earlier this month after a 10-game losing streak left the Raiders bottom of the AFC West with a 4-13 record.

Carroll is the fifth coach, including those in an interim role, the Raiders have had since they moved to Las Vegas in 2020.

Next season will be Carroll's 31st in the NFL having also had short spells as head coach of the New York Jets and the New England Patriots in the 1990s.

He returned to the college game, leading the University of South California to a national championship, before becoming Seahawks coach in 2010.

Carroll is the first head coach appointment by the Raiders since Tom Brady's bid to become a part-owner was approved last year.