The former secondary of the Pro Bowl, Antonio Pierce, had a fairly forgettable race as a chief coach of the Raiders of Las Vegas.
Pierce, who took office as an acting coach in 2023 after Josh McDaniels was dismissed after a departure of 3-5, went 5-4 and guided Vegas towards a second place in AFC West.
He had a wave of support from several Raiders players, including the former Large recipient Davante Adams and Star Pass-Rusher Maxx Crosby, who wanted the owner Mark Davis to offer Pierce the full-time work.
Davis listened to his players and withdrew the temporary label from the Pierce title in January 2024.
“I followed a nine-week interview process for the coach coach position of the raiders, and it was unanimous of players, fans, former students and staff that Antonio Pierce was the right man to move forward. He won this,” Davis said to athletics In reference to his interim coach time.
“… What surprised me is how much he managed to win the team as quickly as him. Winning the base of the fans as quickly as him. Winning the elders as quickly as him. And winning the building as quickly as him.”
Head coach Antonio Pierce des Raiders de Las Vegas reacts while officials discuss a call to the first quarter of the match against Los Angeles in the Allegiant Stadium on January 05, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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But the excitement of raiders who leave the beaten track to hire Pierce, an unconventional choice to direct a Nfl team with only one and a half season of Nfl The experience of coach to his credit, quickly dissipated.
With the raiders finishing with a file of 4-13, Pierce was dismissed after the season and replaced by the head coach winner of the Super Bowl Pete Carroll-a replacement picked by the minority by the minority Tom Brady.
And while Pierce did not receive it Nfl Interest for the months that followed, he won a new concert in a profession adjacent to the NFL.
Athletes in action, a consulting company working with amateur and professional athletes, announced on its Instagram Page he had hired Pierce to serve as a new strategy chief advisor.
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Pierce will still have Nfl The quarter of the Washington commanders, the quarter of the Washington commanders, is a brand ambassador for AIC.
It is unlikely that Pierce won another job of head coaching in the Nfl At any time, given the way in which his mandate of the raids took place.
Vegas started 2-11 last season and Adams, the star of the WR team at that time, said he wanted to go out, essentially forcing a job at the New York jets so that he could play with the former teammate Aaron Rodgers.
Pierce has experience as a second -time coach in the NflAnd it would not be surprising to see him land at some point a job of defensive assistant coaching.