Pete Carroll is returning to the NFL sidelines. The Las Vegas Raiders are reportedly hiring the longtime Seattle Seahawks head coach—and former San Francisco 49ers rival—as their new head coach.

Pete Carroll. "[A]s the 49ers anxiously wait for the outcome of Saleh's interview with Jacksonville for the Jaguars' head-coaching vacancy, I've heard that Carroll's name has come up inside 49ers ...

Pete Carroll, former head coach of the Seattle Seahawks from 2009 to 2023, has reportedly been discussed by the 49ers as a possible option for the job. "No way Carroll comes to San Francisco.

Which means the 49ers might need to scramble to find a second option. And according to Tim Kawakami of The SF Standard, that backup option could be former Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll.

GO DEEPER What coaching candidate Pete Carroll could bring to the table ... fired after a one-year stint as the San Francisco 49ers’ DC. He was a Seahawks assistant under Carroll from 2013 ...

Former Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll. "As the 49ers anxiously wait for the outcome ... he offered the DC job to Bill Belichick, who turned it down,” Kawakami noted.

So it's not a done deal that Saleh will return to the 49ers as their defensive coordinator. Both the Cowboys are Raiders are reportedly to be strongly considering Pete Carroll, who is a much older ...