The Las Vegas Raiders are expected to hire Josh McDaniels as their new head coach and Dave Ziegler as their new general manager, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
The Raiders and McDaniels are still finalizing a contract, the sources said.
The 44-year-old Ziegler, the New England Patriots‘ director of player personnel, would replace Mike Mayock, who was fired earlier this month. He interviewed with the Raiders earlier this month.
McDaniels, who also was the head coach of the Denver Broncos for two seasons (2009-10), interviewed for the Raiders’ head coaching job on Saturday.
Jon Gruden resigned as the Raiders’ head coach on Oct. 11 following reports that emails he wrote over a 10-year period included racist, misogynistic and anti-gay language. Rich Bisaccia was promoted to interim coach and led the Raiders to a wild-card berth
McDaniels was 11-17 in his two seasons with the Broncos. He…
