Antonio Pierce will be an inspirational story to every interim head coach for the foreseeable future.
He and the Las Vegas Raiders are working to finalize a deal for him to assume the full-time head coach title, according to multiple reports Friday.
If you get a chance to coach an NFL team for a part of a season, you have a shot to impress. Pierce certainly did. The Raiders responded to him and a strong half-season as interim coach led Pierce to get the job on a permanent basis.
Pierce went 5-4 as interim coach and had fans chanting for owner Mark Davis to hire him, Raiders players throwing their support behind him and Raiders legends coming back and stumping for him too.