Pete Carroll faces job uncertainty as Raiders endure 2-12 season

Las Vegas Raiders head coach Pete Carroll warms up before an NFL football game against the Cleveland Browns at Allegiant Stadium, Sunday, Nov. 23, 2025. Photo by: Wade Vandervort

Now the focus is on Pete Carroll.

It's a familiar situation for the Raiders. Too familiar, in fact.

If owner Mark Davis makes a change, next year will be the fourth in a row Las Vegas will go into a season with a new coach.

That idea alone might keep Davis from making a move just yet in order to create some sort of stability, but there are reasons why Carroll is being questioned about his job status. The Raiders are 2-12 and have lost eight consecutive games and 12 of 13.

When asked Monday if he was coaching for his job, Carroll said: "I don’t feel like that at all, I really don’t. I’m well beyond that.”

He even said he would be willing to oversee a rebuilding project.

“Well, it’s looking like that’s what’s necessary," Carroll said. "We need to keep working to get better, and that’s in all areas, all aspects of what we’re doing. I came in here thinking that we were going to turn it right away. I really did and anticipated doing that, and that’s not what’s taking place, unfortunately.”

If Carroll, who turned 74 in September, can convince the brass he is willing to put in the time and effort to overhaul the roster and likely mentor a rookie quarterback such as Heisman Trophy winner Fernando Mendoza, that might buy him at least another season.

The Raiders also will have the second-most salary cap space, according to overthecap.com, at more than $106 million to use in free agency. So there is an opportunity to remake the roster, whether it's under Carroll or another coach.

Carroll, who won championships in college at Southern California and in the NFL at Seattle, has three games left to make a case to management that he is the right person.

Until then, the speculation about his future won't go away.

“We’re all frustrated," Carroll said. "We hate what’s going on, and there isn’t anybody in here that doesn’t want to do something better than we’re showing right now. Nobody’s feeling that more than I am. But sometimes you feel like you’re the only one feeling it, so we’ll try to get through that together.

"It just hasn’t worked out the way we anticipated.”