New Raiders coach Josh McDaniels hopes for success in 2nd stint

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When Josh McDaniels was hired for his first head coaching job in Denver as a precocious 32-year-old, he flamed out almost immediately because he realizes now that he didn't really know what the job entailed.

The experience with the Broncos that ended with his firing before the end of his second season humbled McDaniels, who then went back and spent another decade as a coordinator.

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Now 13 years later, he's ready for his next shot as a head coach with the Las Vegas Raiders and hopes the lessons he learned back then lead to more success his second time around.

"When I went to Denver, I knew a little bit of football," McDaniels said Monday after being introduced as Raiders coach. "I didn’t really know people and how important that aspect of this process and maintaining the culture and building the team was. I failed, and I didn’t succeed at it. Looking at that experience has been one of the best things in my life in terms of my overall growth as a person, as a coach."

After backing out of a deal in 2018 to coach Indianapolis after it had already been announced, McDaniels jumped at the opportunity to coach the Raiders where he will be teamed with a general manager he has known for decades.

McDaniels and new GM Dave Ziegler were teammates in college at John Carroll University, worked together in Denver and then again the past nine years with the Patriots.

That trust was a factor for both McDaniels and Ziegler for taking the job and for owner Mark Davis, who set out during the process to replace coach Jon Gruden and GM Mike Mayock to find a coach-GM combo that could work well together.

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