Pete Carroll versus Andy Reid will now become a regular twice-per-season matchup in the NFL, thanks to Carroll's arrival with the Raiders.

The NFL has seen a youth movement at head coach in recent years, but the Raiders went against that trend with their newest hire.

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The AFC West underwent a dramatic shakeup on Friday with the arrival of Pete Carroll as Las Vegas Raiders head coach – rekindling his longstanding rivalry with Los Angeles Chargers head coach Jim Harbaugh in the process.

The four AFC West head coaches—Andy Reid, Jim Harbaugh, Sean Payton, and Pete Carroll—now have a combined 20 Conference Championship appearances and nine Super Bowl appearances. https://t.co/t0myQXaeI6

Pete Carroll and Sean Payton have done something only 18 other men have done in the entire history of the National Football League.

Which means the Super Bowl champion Carroll is now the oldest head coach in the league by far. The San Francisco native will turn 74 in September when the 2025 NFL season begins. The next-oldest coach, Andy Reid, will turn 67 in March — assuming he returns to the Chiefs for another year.

Pete Carroll will turn 74 in September when he embarks on his first season as head coach of the Raiders.

The Las Vegas Raiders have agreed to hire Pete Carroll as their head coach, a person with knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press on Friday

The 73-year-old Carroll, who won a Super Bowl with the Seattle Seahawks and a national championship at USC, takes over after Las Vegas went 4-13 last season

Pete Carroll, 73, will return to the sideline with the Las Vegas Raiders after leading the Seattle Seahawks to two NFC titles and the franchise’s only Super Bowl win during a 14-year stretch.

Future watch: It’s inevitable that Lamar Jackson will reach the Super Bowl someday. That was the media mantra after the Ravens were flushed from the playoffs. Presumably, some are slicing the same baloney about the Bills’ Josh Allen. But nothing is promised either quarterback as long as Patrick Mahomes, only 29, remains active.