Tag: John Glenn

Tracking Raiders coaching staff hires

The most up-to-date look at the Raiders new coaching staff under head coach Pete Carroll.

The Raiders coaching staff is filling up. There are still a lot of positions that have either not been filled or not reported yet. And, of course, there are some coaches who are still under contract, but who could still be let go should they add someone new at their position.

So, let’s gather them all into a list to see who is in place so far.

Head coach — Pete Carroll

Offense

Offensive Coordinator — Chip Kelly

Offensive line coach — Brennan Carroll

Quarterback coach — Greg Olson

Running backs coach — Deland McCullough

Wide receivers coach — Chris Beatty

Defense

Defensive coordinator — Patrick Graham (retained)

Defensive pass game coordinator — Joe Woods

Defensive line coach — Rob Leonard (retained)

Linebackers coach — John Glenn

Defensive assistant — Beyah Rasool

Special teams

Special teams coordinator — Tom McMahon (retained)

Other news:

Most coaches who we know will not be back, the team has hired their replacement. We know cornerbacks coach Ricky Manning Jr and safeties coach Gerald Alexander will not return, but we don’t yet know who their replacements will be.

Raiders HC Pete Carroll nabs his former Seahawks LB coach

The Raiders new linebackers coach is John Glenn who held the position on Pete Carroll’s staff in Seattle for six seasons from 2018-23.

There will be a new linebackers coach in Las Vegas. But he’s not new to Pete Carroll. John Glenn spent six seasons as the linebackers coach in Seattle under Carroll from 2018-23 and spent last season with the Washington Commanders as assistant special teams coach. Now he’s reuniting with Carroll in Las Vegas.

Make no mistake, Glenn’s time in Seattle were not the Legion of Boom years when the Seahawks had one of the league’s top defenses. Those years predated Glenn’s stint on the job.

The linebacker coach job in Las Vegas last season was held by Mike Caldwell who pulled double duty as Raiders running game coordinator and linebackers coach.

Patrick Graham is returning as the Raiders defensive coordinator and will now have a new member of his staff. It’s the first sign of the hands-on approach Carroll takes with the defense.

What remains to be seen is if Glenn will have the same linebackers to work with this season as were starting for the Raiders last season as both starting linebackers Robert Spillane and Divine Deablo will be free agents in March if not re-signed by the team.

Commanders fill the last spot of Dan Quinn’s initial coaching staff

Dan Quinn’s coaching staff is complete.

Dan Quinn wanted one final coach, and he got him on Tuesday.

The Commanders head coach, in his first season, has added what the team announced is the last coach for this inaugural season of Quinn’s in Washington.

After serving as the Seahawks linebacker coach since 2018, Glenn now becomes a Commanders coach for Quinn, serving as the assistant special teams coach. Quinn leaves Seattle as one of 14 members of Pete Carroll’s 2023 staff who have relocated to other NFL teams. Carroll was fired after the completion of the 2023 season.

The connection here is that Quinn was the Seahawks defensive coordinator during the 2013 and 2014 seasons. Glenn was employed by the Seahawks as well during those seasons, getting started in Seattle in 2012.

Also on that Seahawks staff those two seasons under Quinn was Ken Norton Jr, the linebackers coach. Norton has joined Quinn in Washington and will be the Commanders linebackers coach.

Also joining Quinn from Seattle is Larry Izzo who had served as the Seahawks Special Teams Coordinator during the 2018-2023 NFL seasons.

Spending his last 12 NFL seasons on the Pete Carroll Seahawks staff, Glenn also coached in the state of Washington with the Huskies as a quality control coach in 2010 and 2011. Prior to the University of Washington, Glenn was a linebackers coach for North Carolina Wesleyan College from 2006-08.

Glenn is married to his wife, Leigh, and they have three sons: Nate, Luke, and Will.