The Raiders were already looking for a new head coach, and after firing Tom Telesco, they’re looking for a new general manager as well.
The team has brought in headhunter Jed Hughes of consulting firm Korn Ferry to join their search process, per Jonathan Jones of CBS Sports. Hughes coached in college and the NFL for almost 20 years and has since helped multiple teams hire coaches and executives, including the Packers and the 49ers. He will join Tom Brady as a key voice in the direction of the Raiders this offseason.
Hughes’ NFL experience includes a two-year stint as the Vikings’ defensive backs coach under Bud Grant in 1982 and 1983, giving him a connection with one of the Raiders’ head coach candidates. Grant retired after the 1983 season, but returned to Minnesota in 1985 and hired Pete Carroll in Hughes’ former position.
Carroll is a serious candidate for the HC job in Las Vegas, according to Vincent Bonsignore Las Vegas Review-Journal. He has already interviewed for the same job with the Bears. Carroll stepped down as the Seahawks’ head coach last year, but remained with the team as an advisor.
Brady has plenty of his own connections around the league, including a relationship with Buccaneers general manager John Spytek, according to Jones. Spytek was Brady’s teammate at Michigan in 1999 and later helped bring the quarterback to Tampa Bay as the team’s vice president of player personnel. The Buccaneers then won Super Bowl LV in Brady’s first year.
Brady isn’t the only Raiders minority owner who could impact the team’s ability to attract top candidates. Egon Durban, CEO of investment firm Silver Lake, purchased 7.5% of the team in December, per Sports Illustrated’s Albert Breer. The persuasive power of Brady’s reputation and Durban’s financial resources could be a key factor in a crowded coaching market this offseason.
I could be wrong but I think Korn Ferry is the same consultant firm that recommended Hue Jackson to the Browns.
You could be, but you aren’t wrong.
Why would you need a headhunter consultant to find an NFL coach??? Especially one whose NFL experience is 50 years old.
It’s not like the candidates are hard to find, or that there’s some hidden gem somewhere that needs to be unearthed.
Oops typo – 40 years.
I really want to see an NFL team use like ziprecruiter.
“I need Indeed
Indeed you do”
Wouldn’t it be funny if it was an actual Aouth Pacific tribal head hunter?
Headhunter would be a good name for a Safety, if this was the 20th Century
Thought it was Brady doing the choosing
It is. He has all the power while the majority owner is banking.