Raiders fire special teams coordinator after crushing loss to Broncos

The Las Vegas Raiders are making changes to their coaching unit aft a deflating 10-7 nonaccomplishment to the Denver Broncos connected Thursday. 

The squad announced Friday that they had fired peculiar teams coordinator Tom McMahon. 

"Earlier today, we made the pugnacious determination to relieve Tom McMahon of his duties arsenic peculiar teams coordinator. I person a large magnitude of respect for Tom and the enactment that helium has done successful this league, but we person decided to determination successful a antithetic direction," Raiders caput manager Pete Carroll said successful the statement. 

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Las Vegas Raiders peculiar teams coordinator Tom McMahon stands connected the sideline against the Arizona Cardinals during a preseason NFL crippled astatine State Farm Stadium successful Glendale, Arizona, connected Aug. 23, 2025. (Mark J. Rebilas/Imagn Images)

In the statement, Carroll said adjunct peculiar teams coordinator Derius Swinton II volition instrumentality implicit arsenic peculiar teams coach.

The Raiders’ peculiar teams plagued them successful their nonaccomplishment connected Thursday and passim the season. Down 10-7 with 4:26 near successful the 4th fourth against the Broncos, kicker Daniel Carlson missed what would person been the game-tying tract goal. 

"He has to footwear better," Carroll said aft Thursday's game. "It kills him, too. He wants to marque each 1 of those, and helium has to footwear better."

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Las Vegas Raiders peculiar teams manager Tom McMahon reacts during the archetypal fractional of an NFL shot crippled successful Denver, Colorado, connected Oct. 6, 2024. (David Zalubowski, File/AP Photo)

Earlier successful the season, Carlson had a accidental to triumph the crippled for the Raiders erstwhile they were down 25-24 against the Chicago Bears, but helium had the tract extremity blocked. In the Raiders' overtime 30-29 nonaccomplishment to the Jacksonville Jaguars past week, Carlson missed a important other point.

McMahon was 1 of 2 coordinators whom Carroll decided to support from the anterior authorities erstwhile helium took over. Defensive coordinator Patrick Graham is the other. 

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Las Vegas Raiders peculiar teams manager Tom McMahon watches during the archetypal fractional of an NFL shot crippled successful Denver, Colorado, connected Oct. 6, 2024. (David Zalubowski, File/AP Photo)

The Raiders are nary strangers to making a coaching alteration successful the mediate of the season. Going backmost to 2017, they person either fired a caput coach, coordinator, oregon wide manager successful each play but 2019 and 2022. 

The nonaccomplishment connected Thursday dropped the Raiders to 2-7, and their adjacent crippled is against the Dallas Cowboys (3-5-1) connected Monday, Nov. 17. 

The Associated Press contributed to this report. 

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