When Jon Gruden stepped down during the 2021 season, the Las Vegas Raiders made special teams coordinator Rich Bisaccia their interim head coach. Bisaccia interviewed for the full-time head coach job this offseason, but the Raiders opted to hire Josh McDaniels instead.
After that, Bisaccia, arguably one of the NFL’s top special teams coaches, left Las Vegas to join the Green Bay Packers’ staff. That created a special teams coordinator opening for the Raiders.
In a move that will probably surprise many Denver Broncos fans, Las Vegas has picked Tom McMahon to replace Bisaccia as their new special teams boss.
McMahon had a four-year run with the Broncos from 2018-2021. Denver allowed six returns for touchdowns during that time, the highest total in the NFL. The Broncos had the worst kickoff coverage in the league last season, allowing an average of 39.4 yards per return.
McMahon will reunite with McDaniels, who was an offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for the St. Louis (now Los Angeles) Rams in 2011, overlapping with McMahon’s tenure as the Ram’s special teams coach (2009-11).
