The Raiders may not know who will be leading their QB depth chart in 2025, but the team now knows who will be coaching the position. According to Michael Silver of The Athletic, the Raiders have hired Greg Olson as their new quarterbacks coach.
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This is a bit of a homecoming for Olson, who has already had two previous stints with the organization. He was Oakland’s offensive coordinator for the 2013 and 2014 campaigns, with the Raiders struggling in both seasons. After effectively finishing that latter year as the NFL’s worst offense, the Raiders fired Olson.
The coach later had a four-year stint as the Raiders offensive coordinator between 2018 and 2021. The team’s best season under Olson came during their first year in Las Vegas, when the Raiders ranked eighth in yards and 10th in points. Otherwise, the Raiders rarely ranked in the top-half of the league in either category during Olson’s stint, and he wasn’t kept on the staff once Josh McDaniels took over. The veteran coach spent a year with the Rams before spending the 2023 campaign as the Seahawks’ QBs coach.
Olson has a long resume that dates back to the late 1980s. He got his first OC job with the Lions in 2005, and he’s held that same title with the Rams, Buccaneers, and Jaguars. He’s only twice guided a definitive top-1o offense: that aforementioned Raiders unit in 2020, and the Steven Jackson-led Rams in 2006.
Still, he’s shown an ability to get more than expected from some unheralded QBs, and he may be faced with a similar situation in 2025. Working alongside new OC Chip Kelly, Olson could be asked to squeeze what he can out of an uncertain QB depth chart. The team could stick with incumbents like Aidan O’Connell and/or Gardner Minshew, and the Raiders have also been connected to vets (like Russell Wilson) and prospects (primarily Shedeur Sanders).
