Who’s the Oldest NFL Coach?
Who’s the Oldest NFL Coach? A look at the NFL’s oldest coaches and how they’ve managed to stay relevant in the league.
Introduction
The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league consisting of 32 teams, divided equally between the National Football Conference (NFC) and the American Football Conference (AFC). The NFL is one of the four major North American professional sports leagues, the highest professional level of American football in the world, the wealthiest professional sport league by revenue, and the sport league with the most valuable teams.
Bill Belichick
Bill Belichick is the oldest coach in the NFL. He is 66 years old.
Pete Carroll
Pete Carroll is currently the oldest NFL coach at age 67. He has been the head coach of the Seattle Seahawks since 2010, winning the Super Bowl in 2013. Carroll is also the only coach in NFL history to win a Super Bowl and a college football national championship.
Jon Gruden
On February 18, 2018, the Oakland Raiders announced that they had hired Jon Gruden as their new head coach. Gruden, who is 53 years old, is the oldest head coach in the NFL. He replaces Jack Del Rio, who was fired after the team finished with a 6-10 record in 2017.
Bruce Arians
At 66 years old, Bruce Arians is the oldest head coach in the NFL. He’s been coaching since 1975, and he’s been a head coach in the NFL since 2001. He’s currently the head coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Conclusion
From the data set of NFL head coaches, it appears that Bill Belichick is the oldest current head coach in the NFL, at 66 years old.
