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

The Las Vegas Raiders have hired former New England Patriots director of player personnel Dave Zielger as general manager on Sunday and are expected to hire Patriots offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels as their new head coach, sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter, in a package deal.

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

The 44-year-old Ziegler, the Patriots' director of player personnel, replaces Mike Mayock, who was fired earlier this month. He interviewed with the Raiders earlier in January.

Each of the last three Raiders full-time head coaches had previous head coaching experience. Josh McDaniels' 11-year layoff between head coaching jobs is even more than Jon Gruden's 9-year layoff.

McDaniels, who was the head coach of the Denver Broncos for two seasons (2009-10), interviewed for the Raiders' head-coaching job Saturday.

Jon Gruden resigned as the Raiders' head coach on Oct. 11 following reports that emails he wrote before he was hired by the Raiders in 2018 included racist, misogynistic and anti-gay language. Rich Bisaccia was promoted to interim coach and led the Raiders to a wild-card berth, only the Raiders' second playoff appearance in the past 19 seasons.

Bisaccia was saluted on social media Sunday by both quarterback Derek Carr and defensive end Maxx Crosby. Carr tweeted that Bisaccia was a «phenomenal coach and even better leader» while Crosby tweeted that he «can't tell you how much this man has impacted not only myself but everyone in this building.»

He means so much to us as a team. I love this man so much and he lead us to 10 wins and a playoff birth. Phenomenal coach and even better leader! Will always be a special relationship for me! Thank you Coach!