A Look at the Last 10 Raiders Head Coaches
A Look at the Last 10 Raiders Head Coaches
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Dennis Allen (2012-Present)Record: 3-9 and counting Allen has been overmatched in his first season at Oakland's helm, but Carson Palmer's performance has drastically improved. Weird, considering the reason for Allen's hiring. The supposed defensive whiz has the Raiders giving up 31.3 points per game, the most in football.Credit:
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Hue Jackson (2011)Record: 8-8 The Raiders were looking like the favorites to win the AFC West in 2011 until dropping four of their final five games, a span over which they surrendered 169 points.Credit:
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Tom Cable (2008-2010)Record: 17-27 After a highly-publicized mid-season firing in 2008 (see next slide), Cable was promoted from offensive line coach to interim coach and retained in the offseason as the team's official hire for 2009. His generally uninspired tenure did conclude with a 6-0 divisional record in his final season as skipper.Credit:
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Lane Kiffin (2007-2008)Record: 5-15 Much hoopla surrounded Kiffin's hiring, as he became the youngest head coach in the modern era. After a 4-12 effort in 2007, Kiffin made it just four games (1-3) into the following season before his firing was announced at one of the strangest press conferences ever.Credit:
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Art Shell (2006)Record: 2-14 Despite leading the Raiders to three playoff appearances between 1990 and 1993 during his first stint with the team, Shell posted the franchise's worst record ever (2-14) in the lone year after his return.Credit:
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Norv Turner (2004-2005)Record: 9-23 Turner's forgettable tenure with the Raiders was highlighted by the signing of Randy Moss in 2005. Needless to say, the mercurial wideout was unable to spark Oakland's stagnant offense.Credit:
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Bill Callahan (2002-2003)Record: 15-17 After guiding the league's top offense to a Super Bowl appearance in 2002, Callahan and the Raiders suffered through the proverbial hangover the following season. A 4-12 record in 2003 was good enough (or bad enough, I guess) to earn Callahan a pink slip.Credit:
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Jon Gruden (1998-2001)Record: 38-26 You might be familiar with the scowl pictured to the left. Undoubtedly the most successful and longest tenured coach on this list, Gruden laid the groundwork for Callahan's 2002 team before eventually beating him in the Super Bowl as the coach of the Bucs. Had it not been for that damn "Tuck Rule" call, he might have done something really special during his time in Oakland.Credit:
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Joe Bugel (1997)Record: 4-12 Not much to say here. Bugel had developed a reputation as a offensive line genius after engineering the vaunted Redskins rushing attack of the early-to-mid nineties. He had no such luck in his only season in Oakland.Credit:
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Mike White (1995-1996)Record: 15-17 In White's first 10 games as coach of the Raiders, he guided the team to an 8-2 record and what was sure to be an eventual playoff berth. The team, however, dropped its final six games, missed the playoffs and after going 7-9 the following season, White was fired.Credit:
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