Josh McDaniels is getting another shot to be an NFL head coach.
The Patriots offensive coordinator is finalizing a deal to become the Raiders’ next head coach, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported Sunday. In addition, the Raiders are also hiring Patriots director of player personnel Dave Ziegler to be their next general manager, the NFL Network reported.
As NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero notes, Ziegler has been McDaniels’s choice to run personnel for years if he were to ever become a head coach again. The relationship between the two dates back to their time as students at John Carroll University, where both played college football.