NFL Hotshots: Grading the Five Best 2026 NFL Coaching Hires

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The Seattle Seahawks are the 2025-26 Super Bowl champions and less than 48 hours later, their offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak signed as the new head coach of the Las Vegas Raiders, according to ESPN.

This filled one of the 10 open head coach vacancies this off-season, tying the record for most openings in a cycle in NFL history, according to the Athletic.

Here’s my best five hires of this cycle and how I see them panning out.

5. Klint Kubiak – Las Vegas Raiders: B

The Seahawks not only had arguably the best defense in the league this season, but also an incredibly efficient season offensively, as wide receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba – also known as the Emerald City Route…