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Sources: Las Vegas Raiders expected to hire New England Patriots' Josh McDanels as coach, Dave Ziegler as GM

The Las Vegas Raiders are expected to hire Josh McDaniels as their new head coach and Dave Ziegler as their new general manager, sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter.

The Raiders and McDaniels are still finalizing a contract, the sources said.

Ziegler, the New England Patriots' director of player personnel, would replace Mike Mayock, who was fired earlier this month. He interviewed with the Raiders earlier this month.

McDaniels interviewed for the Raiders' head coaching job on Saturday.

Sources have told ESPN that McDaniels has relayed to interested teams that aligning with someone he knows well on the personnel side is a top priority, and he brought Ziegler -- a fellow alum of John Carroll University -- into the NFL in 2010 with the Denver Broncos when McDaniels was that team's head coach.