List of Las Vegas Raiders head coaches

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John Madden was the head coach of the Oakland Raiders for ten seasons, from 1969 to 1978. John Madden in 2007.jpg
John Madden was the head coach of the Oakland Raiders for ten seasons, from 1969 to 1978.

The Las Vegas Raiders are a professional American football team based in the Las Vegas Valley. The Raiders compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) West division. Their stadium is located in Paradise, Nevada. There have been 23 head coaches in Oakland, Los Angeles, and Las Vegas franchise history. The Raiders franchise was founded in Oakland, California in 1959 and became the eighth member of the American Football League (AFL) in 1960 as a replacement for the Minnesota Vikings, who had moved to the NFL. The Raiders joined the NFL in 1970, after the AFL–NFL merger. They played in Los Angeles between 1982 and 1995, before returning to Oakland. [1] As of the end of the 2023 season, the Raiders have played 983 games in a total of 64 seasons in the AFL and NFL. [2] In those games, two coaches have won the Super Bowl with the team: John Madden in 1976 and Tom Flores in 1980 and 1983. One coach, John Rauch in 1966, won the AFL Championship. [3] Five other coaches, Art Shell, Jack Del Rio, Jon Gruden, Bill Callahan, and Rich Bisaccia, have also taken the Raiders to the playoffs. [4] Callahan led the Raiders to the Super Bowl. He did this in his first year as head coach of the team. [5]

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Shell and Gruden are the only coaches to have more than one tenure with the team, and Flores and Shell are the only coaches to have coached the team in both Oakland and Los Angeles. Gruden is the only coach to have coached the team in both Oakland and Las Vegas. Rauch is statistically the best, with a winning percentage of .805. However, the all-time leader in both games coached and wins is Madden, with 142 and 103 respectively. [2] Of the 23 Raiders coaches, Al Davis, Madden, and Flores are the only Raider coaches to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame for their contributions as coaches. Davis, who was also the Managing General partner and an AFL Commissioner, was in the Hall of Fame class of 1992. Madden was in the 2006 class. Flores was in the 2021 class. Two coaches, Flores and Shell, are also former players for the Raiders. Shell was also inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1989, but as a player. [4] [6] Their most recent coach was Antonio Pierce, who was hired on January 19, 2024, after he became an interim head coach in week 9 of the team's 2023 season.

Key

#Number of coaches
GCGames coached
WWins
LLosses
TTies
Win% Winning percentage
†Elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame as a coach
‡Elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame as a player
*Spent entire NFL head coaching career with the Raiders

Coaches

Note: Statistics are accurate through the end of the 2023 NFL season.
#ImageNameTermRegular seasonPlayoffsAwardsReference
GCWLTWin%GCWLWin%
Oakland Raiders
1 Eddie Erdelatz 1960.jpg Eddie Erdelatz* 1960–1961*166100.375———— [7]
2 Marty Feldman* 1961–1962*172150.118———— [8]
3 Conkright-Red-1940.jpg Red Conkright* [a] 1962*9180.111———— [9]
4 Al Davis †* 1963–1965*4223163.583———— AFL Coach of the Year (1963) [10]
5 John Rauch - 1950 Bowman.jpg John Rauch 1966–1968 423381.798422.500 AFL Champion (1967) [3]
6 John Madden (Higher Quality).jpg John Madden †* 1969–1978*142103327.7501697.563 Super Bowl Champion (1976)
Pro Football Weekly Coach of the Year (1969) [11] 		[12]
7 Tom Flores 1962 (cropped).jpg Tom Flores † 1979–1981 4827210.5634401.000 Super Bowl Champion (1980) [13]
Los Angeles Raiders
– Tom Flores † 1982–1987 8856320.636743.571 Super Bowl Champion (1983) [13]
8 Shanahanheadshot.jpg Mike Shanahan 1988–1989 208120.400———— [14]
9 Art Shell in 2006.jpg Art Shell ‡* [b] [c] [d] 1989–1994*9254380.587523.400Pro Football Weekly Coach of the Year (1990) [11] [15]
Oakland Raiders
10 Mike White (cropped).jpg Mike White* 1995–1996*3215170.469———— [16]
11 Joe Bugel (cropped).jpg Joe Bugel 1997 164120.250———— [17]
12 Jon Gruden 8-1-03 030801-N-9849W-001.jpg Jon Gruden [g] 1998–2001 6438260.594422.500 [18]
13 Bill Callahan (American football).jpg Bill Callahan 2002–2003 3215170.469321.667 AFC Champion (2002) [5]
14 Norv Turner from Washington Football Team Rookie Minicamp, at Inova Sports and Performance Center, Ashburn, VA, May 15, 2021 (cropped).png Norv Turner 2004–2005 329230.281———— [19]
– Art Shell in 2006.jpg Art Shell ‡* [d] 2006*162140.125———— [15]
15 2018-0719-CUSAMD-LaneKiffin.jpg Lane Kiffin* 2007–2008*205150.250———— [20]
16 Tom Cable 2015.jpg Tom Cable* [e] 2008–2010*4417270.386———— [21]
17 Hue Jackson in 2008 training camp.jpg Hue Jackson 2011 16880.500———— [22]
18 Dennis Allen 2012–2014 368280.222———— [23]
19 Tony Sparano (cropped).jpg Tony Sparano [f] 2014 12390.250———— [24]
20 Jack del rio raiders2016 (cropped).jpg Jack Del Rio 2015–2017 4825230.521101.000 [25]
– Jon gruden.jpg Jon Gruden [g] 2018–2019 3211210.344———— [18]
Las Vegas Raiders
– Jon gruden.jpg Jon Gruden [g] 2020–2021 2111100.524———— [18]
21 Rich Bisaccia* [h] 2021 12750.583101.000 [26]
22 Josh McDaniels New Hampshire Motor Speedway 2017.jpg Josh McDaniels 2022–2023 259160.360———— [27]
23 Antonio Pierce.jpg Antonio Pierce* [i] 2023–present13760.538———— [28]

Footnotes

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