Through the first month of his time at North Carolina, there’s still a big question around Bill Belichick. There are six NFL head coach openings after the Dallas Cowboys moved on from Mike McCarthy, and multiple reports said teams called the legendary New England Patriots headman to gauge his interest despite just getting to Chapel Hill.
The Las Vegas Raiders are rebooting once again, as they fired Antonio Pierce after his first season as the team's full-time head coach.
The Raiders’ house is officially clean. Las Vegas fired GM Tom Telesco on Thursday, two days after the team moved on from coach Antonio Pierce. “We appreciate his efforts in helping build a foundation for the future. We wish Tom and his family all the best,” the team said in a statement.
The Antonio Pierce era is over in Las Vegas. The Raiders fired Pierce on Tuesday after going 4-13 in his lone season as the full-time head coach. Pierce, a former Giants linebacker, is the third NFL head coach to be fired since the regular season ended Sunday.
Eyebrows were raised when NFL Media's Tom Pelissero reported shortly after the Las Vegas Raiders fired head coach Antonio Pierce that Raiders minority owner Tom Brady "spoke recently" with current North Carolina Tar Heels head coach Bill Belichick "about what it would take to make a reunion happen in Las Vegas.
North Carolina responded sharply to rumors of Bill Belichick approaching an NFL franchise about returning to coaching in the professional league.
Antonio Pierce went 4-13 in his first full season as the Raiders head coach and the poor record has led to some to wonder if the Raiders would fire him after their Week 18 loss to the Chargers.
Even if, at this point, the University of North Carolina head coach is not ... search after the team fired former head coach Antonio Pierce on Tuesday. And while Belichick and Brady had a rough ...
HENDERSON, Nev. — The Las Vegas Raiders fired coach Antonio Pierce on Tuesday, the team announced. He lasted just one full season on the job after getting promoted last offseason from interim coach.
According to the NFL Network, “multiple” NFL teams have approached Belichick about their coaching vacancies. And one of those teams is the Las Vegas Raiders, where Tom Brady is a minority owner.
The Raiders fired Antonio Pierce on Tuesday after one season, becoming the sixth NFL team looking to fill a head coaching vacancy, including the Patriots, who fired Belichick's successor, Jerod Mayo, this week. It's unclear how many of those franchises have reached out to Belichick.
Per multiple sources and a report from the NFL Network, “multiple” NFL teams have approached new North Carolina head coach Bill Belichick about a possible return to the NFL – including the Las Vegas Raiders,