Raiders fire coach Josh McDaniels, GM Dave Ziegler - ESPN

HENDERSON, Nev. — The Las Vegas Raiders fired coach Josh McDaniels and general manager Dave Ziegler, the team announced Tuesday night.

«After much thought about what the Raiders need to move forward, I have decided to part ways with Josh and Dave,» owner Mark Davis said in a statement. «I want to thank them both for their hard work and wish them and their families nothing but the best.»

Reached by phone and asked to elaborate on the reason for the firings, Davis told ESPN, «No comment at this time.»

The Raiders are naming linebackers coach Antonio Pierce as their interim head coach, Davis confirmed to ESPN. In a follow-up statement, the team also announced that current assistant general manager Champ Kelly will serve as interim GM, with the organization committed to undergoing «a comprehensive search for a general manager once the season is complete.»

Davis would not say who would take on offensive playcalling duties, as that was McDaniels' job. Phone calls to McDaniels and Ziegler were not returned.

The move comes one day after the Raiders lost 26-14 at Detroit on «Monday Night Football,» Las Vegas' second consecutive defeat in which the team's offense could get no traction. The defeat dropped the Raiders' record to 3-5.

McDaniels and Ziegler, both hired in January 2022, inherited a 10-7 team that made an unexpected run to the playoffs during the 2021 season — just the organization's second postseason bid since 2002 — under interim coach Rich Bisaccia and then-GM Mike Mayock, who took over following the in-season resignation of coach Jon Gruden.

Davis said at the time that McDaniels and Ziegler were expected to take the team to the «next step» in its evolution. Instead, the Raiders went a combined 9-16 without a playoff