Pete Carroll, 73, will return to the sideline with the Las Vegas Raiders after leading the Seattle Seahawks to two NFC titles and the franchise’s only Super Bowl win during a 14-year stretch.

The Las Vegas Raiders are hiring Pete Carroll as the franchise's next head coach. The former USC Trojans and Seattle Seahawks coach has won a national champions

After a year away from NFL sidelines, former Seattle Seahawks Head Coach Pete Carroll has returned to the NFL as to coach the Las Vegas Raiders.

Carroll will be 74 this fall, becoming the oldest head coach in NFL history 12 months after Seattle fired then paid him.

Carroll, 73, returns to coaching just over a year since he parted with the Seahawks. He replaces the fired Antonio Pierce with the Raiders. Brady, the seven-time Super Bowl-winning quarterback for the New England Patriots and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, became a part-owner of the Raiders in October and played a central role in the team’s coaching search.

The 73-year-old former Patriots and Seahawks coach is returning to the NFL after just one season off the sidelines.

After a year away from the game, former Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll is officially returning to football. On Friday morning it was announced the Las Vegas Raiders were signing the Seahawks legend to be their next head coach.

The Las Vegas Raiders are negotiating a deal to hire Pete Carroll to be their new head coach, a person with knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press on Friday. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the contract hasn’t been finalized.

A number of potential candidates for the coordinator roles with the Raiders have ties to Carroll from his 14 years with the Seahawks.

The Las Vegas Raiders are hiring Pete Carroll to be the team’s head coach, according to reports. ESPN’s Adam Schefter and NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport and Tom Pelissero first reported the news. CNN has reached out to the Raiders for comment.

Sources tell FOX5 that the Raiders have reached an agreement on a three-year deal with former Seattle Seahawks and USC head coach Pete Carroll.