The Las Vegas Raiders are turning to the oldest head coach in NFL history as they seek another new start.

Multiple outlets reported on Friday the Raiders have reached an agreement with Super Bowl champion Pete Carroll, who will be returning to the NFL coaching ranks after a year away from the sidelines.

ESPN reports that Carroll, who had a highly successful 14-year tenure with the Seattle Seahawks from 2010-23, has agreed to a three-year contract with a team option for 2028.

Carroll will become the oldest head coach in NFL history when he turns 74 in September, but isn't short on either experience or accomplishments.

One of only four coaches to win both a Super Bowl and a college national championship, Carroll owns a career record of 170-120-1 over 18 seasons as an NFL head coach. Most of that time was spent in Seattle, where he guided the Seahawks to 10 play-off appearances and led the franchise to its lone Super Bowl title during the 2013 season.

The Seahawks also reached the Super Bowl during the 2014 season, but were handed a 28-24 loss by a New England Patriots team led by Tom Brady at quarterback. Brady is now a minority owner of the Raiders.

An inspiration: The 73-year-old Pete Carroll will make history this season as the oldest head coach in NFL history.

The title belongs to Romeo Crennel, who was 73 years and 199 days old for his last game on Jan. 3, 2021 with the Texans.

Carroll will turn 74 on September 15. pic.twitter.com/UJsy11khKU

— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) January 24, 2025

Prior to returning to the NFL with the Seahawks, Carroll served nine years as the head coach of the University of Southern California from 2001-09. The Trojans compiled a stellar 97-19 record over that period and captured the 2004 Bowl Championship Series (BCS) national championship with a win in the Orange Bowl, though that title was later vacated due to NCAA sanctions.

USC also finished atop the final Associated Press Top 25 poll for the 2023 season.

Carroll, who has also had head-coaching stints with the New York Jets (1994) and New England Patriots (1997-99), will now try to bring some stability to a Raiders franchise that has been lacking in that area in recent years.

The Raiders have had four previous head coaches in five seasons since moving from Oakland to Las Vegas in 2020. Carroll's predecessor, Antonio Pierce, was fired earlier this month after going 4-13 in his lone full season.

A lack of on-field success has been another constant for the Raiders over the past two decades. Since last reaching a Super Bowl during the 2002 campaign, the franchise has made the playoffs only twice in 22 seasons - tied with the Cleveland Browns for the fewest of any team during that time frame.

The Seahawks, conversely, were among the NFL's most dominant teams for much of Carroll's tenure. Seattle won 10 or more games eight times during a nine-year stretch from 2012-20 and recorded at least one post-season victory in each of the first five years of that run.

Seattle failed to match that level of success over Carroll's final three seasons, though the Seahawks did finish 9-8 in both 2022 and 2023 before he and the organisation mutually agreed for him to step down from coaching duties in January 2024.