Mike McCoy is joining Klint Kubiak’s staff with the Las Vegas Raiders. McCoy will be the assistant head coach, according to Tom Pelissero. It’s a smart move for a rookie head coach like Kubiak to hire a veteran like McCoy.
While none of us wanted McCoy to be the head coach here, I think he ended up doing a pretty good job as the interim head coach of the Tennessee Titans. Cam Ward definitely showed growth with McCoy at the helm that he wasn’t showing under Brian Callahan. That was the head coach’s most important job last season.
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The Raiders are McCoy’s seventh stop as an NFL coach. It’s unlikely that he will ever get another head coaching job, but it’s pretty obvious at this point that people around the league value his experience.
He will be tasked with helping to develop another young quarterback with the Raiders. It will most likely be Fernando Mendoza, who is a heavy favorite to be the first pick in the 2026 NFL Draft.
