The 2024 season was Antonio Pierce’s first full yr as head coach of the Las Vegas Raiders. After a 4-13 end, proprietor Mark Davis parted methods with Pierce. Las Vegas just lately employed Pete Carroll to be their subsequent head coach.
Pete Carroll will put collectively a training employees and he’s picked a defensive coordinator. Patrick Graham is re-signing with the staff and can keep in Los Angeles for 2025. Graham has been the Raiders defensive coordinator since 2022.
Patrick Graham would be the Raiders’ defensive coordinator in 2025
Not leaving Las Vegas: The #Raiders have re-signed Patrick Graham as their defensive coordinator, per sources.
Graham’s contract expired and he had choices, together with going to Jacksonville. However Pete Carroll and Tom Brady are followers of Graham and satisfied him to return. pic.twitter.com/Y7DYAO2S5a
— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) January 30, 2025
Since 2009, Patrick Graham has held a training place within the NFL. He started with the New England Patriots as a training assistant. Graham was with the Patriots till 2015 and labored as a linebacker and line of defense coach. In 2016-17, Graham was the line of defense coach for the New York Giants. For the 2018 season, Graham was the linebacker coach/operating recreation coordinator in Inexperienced Bay. The 45-year-old received his huge break forward of the 2019 season.
Patrick Graham was employed by the Miami Dolphins to be their defensive coordinator in 2019. It was the primary time Graham held that place at any stage. After one season in Miami, Graham returned to the Giants in 2020-21. He was the defensive coordinator/assistant head coach in New York. Following his second stint with the Giants, Graham was employed by the Raiders as their defensive coordinator in 2022. He was on Josh McDaniels’ teaching employees.
When the Raiders parted methods with McDaniels in 2023, Graham was retained by head coach Antonio Pierce for the 2024 season. Pierce is out after one yr however Graham is staying. The staff is re-singing Graham and he’ll be on Pete Carroll’s teaching employees. In 2024, the Raiders allowed (25.5) factors per recreation. That was the seventh worst within the NFL. Accidents on protection performed a big issue final season, together with the lack of All-Professional Maxx Crosby. What can Patrick Graham do to assist enhance that unit in 2025?