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Raiders holding 3 head coach interviews Friday

The Raiders are packing in their head coach interviews Friday, meeting with three candidates.

It will be a busy day for the Raiders brass today. According to reports, they are set to interview three head coach candidates from the two best coaching staffs in the NFL.

The three head coaches who will be interviewed today are Lions OC Ben Johnson, Lions DC Aaron Glenn, and Chiefs DC Steve Spagnuolo.

Both the Lions and the Chiefs have byes as the top teams in the AFC and NFC, which is why their coaches are able to take these interviews before their teams really dig into preparations for whoever they will face among the wildcard winners.

Each of them, has busy schedules today, with all of them meeting with multiple teams virtually. There are currently six NFL teams with head coach openings — Raiders, Jaguars, Patriots, Jets, Saints, and Bears.

Along with the Raiders, Spagnuolo will also meet with the Jaguars and Jets today. Johnson met with the Raiders and Patriots on Friday and will meet with the Bears and Jaguars on Saturday. Glenn met today with the Saints and met with the Jets on Thursday.

See all the latest reports in our Raiders head coach interview tracker.

Raiders request head coach interview with Chiefs DC Steve Spagnuolo

The Raiders continue their attempts to poach from the NFL’s top teams’ staffs to fill their head coach vacancy.

The Raiders are making it a priority in their head coaching search to pluck coaches from winning staffs. There were already reports of them requesting interviews from top the top seeded Lions’ staff. Now they are reportedly requesting to speak with Steve Spagnuolo from the staff of the top seeded Chiefs.

Spagnuolo has been the DC in KC the past six seasons. He was once the head coach of the Rams for three seasons (2009-11) where he had an abysmal record of 10-38.

The Raiders would like to see if maybe he has learned anything over the past 13 years as a coordinator. In particular the past six under Andy Reid where he got three Super Bowl rings.