The Las Vegas Raiders have fired head coach Antonio Pierce after a 4-13 regular season. Pierce joined the organization as a linebackers coach in 2022 before he was elevated to interim head coach midway through the 2023 campaign.

Las Vegas started the 2024 NFL season 2-2 – featuring an impressive road win over the 12-5 Baltimore Ravens – before losing 10 straight contests.

Future Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback Tom Brady became a minority owner of the Raiders in October, finalizing an acquisition of a 10% stake in the franchise with majority owner Mark Davis.

Per The Athletic, Brady will have “a lot” of influence on the organization’s next head coaching hire.

“The Las Vegas Raiders have relieved Antonio Pierce of his duties as head coach,” the team said in a statement on Tuesday. “We appreciate Antonio’s leadership, first as an interim head coach and this past season as the head coach. Antonio grew up a Raiders fan and his Silver and Black roots run deep.”

“We are grateful for his ability to reignite what it means to be a Raider throughout the entire organization. We wish nothing but the best for Antonio and his family in the future.”

Pierce won five of his nine games after being named interim head coach in 2023, including a marquee victory over the Kansas City Chiefs on Christmas Day.

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Brock Bowers was one of the sole bright sports for the Raiders in 2024 ( 

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“I really liked AP as a head coach,” star rookie tight end Brock Bowers said about Pierce on Sunday. “We’ll see what happens. I know decisions are made and it’s up to certain people and not us. So I don’t have any control over that. But I really liked playing for him and I thought he was a great coach.”

Bowers was one of the few bright spots for Pierce’s 2024 squad: the tight end broke set the all-time rookie receptions record by catching 110 passes.

The problem? The 2024 first-round pick was thrown to by three different middling quarterbacks: Gardner Minshew, Aiden O’Connell, and Desmond Ridder.

Las Vegas was in a position to grab one of the top quarterbacks in the 2025 NFL Draft before consecutive wins in Week 16 and 17 over the Jacksonville Jaguars and the New Orleans Saints.

They’ll select sixth, well after top prospects Shedeur Sanders, Cam Ward, and Travis Hunter will be on the board.