Klint Kubiak Named Raiders Head Coach After Breakout Year in Seattle
Klint Kubiak is getting his shot.
After engineering one of the NFL’s most explosive offenses in Seattle, Kubiak has been named the new head coach of the Las Vegas Raiders - his first top job on an NFL sideline. It's a major step for a coach who’s spent the past eight years steadily climbing the league’s coaching ladder, and now he’s tasked with reviving a Raiders franchise that’s been stuck in neutral for years.
Let’s start with what earned him this opportunity. In 2025, Kubiak called the shots for a Seahawks offense that lit up scoreboards across the league.
Seattle finished second in scoring at 29.2 points per game and cracked the top 10 in total offense, averaging 349.3 yards per contest. That kind of production doesn’t go unnoticed - especially when it comes from a unit that wasn’t exactly pegged as elite heading into the season.
Now, he heads to Las Vegas, where the expectations are as high as the stakes. The Raiders haven’t won the AFC West since 2002 and just wrapped up another last-place finish in the division.
That’s a tough neighborhood to live in, with Patrick Mahomes, Justin Herbert, and Bo Nix all leading divisional rivals. If Kubiak is going to build something sustainable, he’ll need to do more than just scheme up points - he’ll have to establish a new identity for a team that’s lacked one for a long time.
Kubiak’s journey to this moment started in College Station, where he coached Texas A&M’s wide receivers back in 2012. One of those receivers?
A young Mike Evans, who would go on to become one of the most dominant wideouts of his era. Since then, Kubiak’s résumé has taken him through stops with the Vikings, Broncos, 49ers, Saints, and most recently, the Seahawks.
He’s worked with a variety of offenses, quarterbacks, and coaching staffs - and that diversity of experience could be key as he steps into this new role.
But this isn’t a turnkey job. The Raiders have serious questions at quarterback.
Geno Smith is currently on the roster, but the buzz suggests the team is eyeing a young passer in the upcoming draft - someone to grow alongside Kubiak’s system and potentially become the face of the franchise. That decision could define the early years of Kubiak’s tenure.
And then there’s Maxx Crosby. The All-Pro defensive end is the heart and soul of the Raiders’ defense, and retaining him is a top priority. Kubiak may be an offensive mind, but he knows that building a winner in today’s NFL means having stars on both sides of the ball - and Crosby is one of the few proven ones Las Vegas has.
There’s no sugarcoating it: this is a big challenge. But it’s also a big opportunity.
Kubiak is walking into a franchise hungry for leadership, direction, and a return to relevance. If he can bring the same creativity and efficiency he showed in Seattle to Vegas - and if the front office gives him the right pieces to work with - the Raiders might finally be ready to turn the page.
For now, the Silver and Black have their new head man. And Klint Kubiak has the keys to one of the most storied franchises in the league.