Las Vegas Raiders Looking To Hire Seattle Seahawks OC Klint Kubiak As Next Head Coach
If you’ve been following the Las Vegas Raiders’ coaching carousel over the last few years, you probably need a neck brace. It’s been a whiplash-inducing ride from Josh McDaniels to Antonio Pierce, and then the disastrous one-year rental of Pete Carroll that ended in a 3-14 thud. Word on the street is that the Raiders have found their guy. The target? Seattle Seahawks Offensive Coordinator Klint Kubiak.
Kubiak is currently busy trying to scheme up ways to dismantle the Patriots in Super Bowl LX. So, nothing is official until the confetti falls. But make no mistake, the intent is there. Kubiak wants Vegas. Vegas wants Kubiak. It’s the NFL equivalent of a prom date agreement made in the third period. Will it work?
Why Kubiak Is the Shiny New Toy Vegas Needs
The Raiders haven’t had a coherent offensive identity in years. Enter Kubiak. If you want to know why he’s the hottest name on the coaching market right now, look no further than what he did in the Pacific Northwest. Kubiak took the reins of the Seahawks’ offense in 2025 and turned it into a juggernaut. We are talking about an offense that finished third in scoring and eighth in total yards.
But the real magic trick? He turned Sam Darnold into a legitimate weapon. Under Kubiak, Darnold looked less like a guy seeing ghosts and more like the quarterback scouts dreamed of a decade ago. And let’s not forget Jaxon Smith-Njigba, who absolutely torched the league with 1,793 receiving yards.
That doesn’t happen by accident. That happens because the guy calling the plays knows how to get his playmakers the ball in space. That is exactly the kind of modern, explosive ingenuity the Raiders have been starving for.
The Pete Carroll Irony You Can’t Ignore
You have to appreciate the irony here. It’s almost poetic. The Raiders fired Carroll after a dismal 3-14 season. Now, they are pivoting to the young gun who was brought into Seattle specifically to modernize the offense after Carroll’s era ended there.
Kubiak represents everything the previous regime wasn’t: young (he’s only 38), offensively minded, and schematic rather than motivational. The Raiders tried the old-school approach. It failed spectacularly. Now, they are swinging the pendulum all the way to the new age.
A QB-Ready Paradise For Kubiak
Here is where things get really interesting for Raiders fans. Usually, when a new coach walks into a building after a 3-14 season, the cupboard is bare. But Kubiak is walking into a situation that is surprisingly ripe for a quick turnaround.
First off, the Raiders are swimming in cap space—over $80 million of it. That is a lot of cash to mold a roster in your image. But the crown jewel is the No. 1 overall pick in the 2026 NFL Draft. Everyone and their mother expects that pick to be Indiana quarterback, Fernando Mendoza.
Imagine this scenario: You get an offensive guru in Kubiak, who just proved he can rehabilitate a veteran QB, and you pair him with a Heisman-winning rookie prospect like Mendoza. It’s a clean slate. There is no baggage, no bad contracts at the QB position, just a wide-open runway to build an offense from the ground up. If you are Kubiak, that is not just a job opening; that is a dream scenario.
The Super Bowl Elephant In the Room
Of course, the Raiders still have to wait. And let’s be real, waiting is not exactly a virtue of the Raiders fan base. While Kubiak is drawing up plays for Super Bowl LX, the front office in Vegas is twiddling its thumbs, hoping their handshake agreement holds firm.
There is always a risk in these situations. What if Seattle wins big and the Seahawks back up the Brinks truck to keep him? What if another mystery team swoops in at the 11th hour? But right now, all signs point to “Sin City.” Kubiak met with the Cardinals, but it seems his heart is set on the silver and black.
