Las Vegas Raiders’ interim head coach Antonio Pierce is fighting to show he deserves to be hired as the team’s full-time head coach for 2024 and beyond.
If so he add to the list of NFL head coaches who are players. Pierce was a Super Bowl winning linebacker as he played from 2001-09 with Washington and the New York Giants.
Let’s look at the current NFL head coaches who played in the NFL. Coaches who were just on practice squads or had very brief NFL playing careers aren’t listed:
- Todd Bowles, Tampa Bay Buccaneers: He played from 1986-93 with Washington and San Francisco as a safety.