HENDERSON, Nev. – Mike McCoy has been named Assistant Head Coach of the Las Vegas Raiders, the club announced Friday.
McCoy brings 23 years of NFL coaching experience to the Silver and Black, including four years as a head coach with the San Diego Chargers (2013-16), six seasons as an offensive coordinator with the Denver Broncos (2009-12, 2017) and Arizona Cardinals (2018), and nine seasons on the offensive staff of the Carolina Panthers (2000-08). During his time as an offensive coordinator/head coach, McCoy's offenses ranked in the top 10 three times and featured a top 10 passing attack six different seasons.
McCoy comes to Las Vegas from the Tennessee Titans, where he served as a senior offensive assistant before being promoted to interim head coach for the final 11 games in 2025. Under his tutelage, QB Cam Ward completed 323-of-540 passes for a franchise rookie record 3,169 yards with 15 touchdowns and seven interceptions. Over his final nine games, Ward had 10 touchdown passes and just one interception. His 1.3 interception percentage stands as the best single season mark in club history.
Prior to his lone season in Tennessee, McCoy served three years (2022-24) as the quarterbacks coach for the Jacksonville Jaguars. He saw QB Trevor Lawrence register consecutive 4,000-yard passing seasons in 2022 (4,113) and 2023 (4,016). During those two seasons, Lawrence's 8,129 passing yards ranked fifth in the NFL and his 46 touchdown passes ranked 10th.
In 2018, McCoy served as the offensive coordinator for the Arizona Cardinals, where he helped QB Josh Rosen complete 217 passes for 2,278 yards and 11 touchdowns in his rookie season, while WR Larry Fitzgerald recorded a team-high 69 receptions for 734 yards and six scores. In addition, the Cardinals rushing attack posted 1,342 yards and nine touchdowns.
In 2017, McCoy joined the Broncos in his second stint as an offensive coordinator in Denver and helped RB CJ Anderson finish ninth in the NFL in rushing yards (1,007).
From 2013 to 2016, McCoy served as the head coach of the San Diego Chargers. During that time, San Diego ranked ninth in the league in total offense (365.9 yards per game) and second in offensive third-down percentage (44.6%). In addition, McCoy's group had a top 10 passing attack each season. San Diego qualified for the postseason in McCoy's first year at the helm and beat the Bengals in the Wild Card round.
Under McCoy, Chargers QB Philip Rivers finished with his three highest single-season completion percentage marks while averaging more than 31 touchdown passes per year. Rivers earned Comeback Player of the Year honors from the Associated Press in 2013 after completing a career-best and NFL-high 69.5% of his passes for 4,478 yards with 32 touchdowns and 11 interceptions (105.5 rating).
Prior to his tenure as head coach in San Diego, McCoy served as the Broncos offensive coordinator for four seasons (2009-12). During his final year in Denver in 2012, the Broncos tied for the NFL's best record at 13-3 in QB Peyton Manning's first season with the team. The Broncos featured the NFL's fourth-ranked offense and fifth-ranked passing attack as Manning earned Comeback Player of the Year honors after passing for a then-franchise-record 4,659 yards with 37 touchdowns. In Denver, he coached Pro Bowl WRs Demaryius Thomas (2012), Brandon Lloyd (2010) and Brandon Marshall (2009). That trio along with Eric Decker each had 1,000-yard receiving seasons under McCoy.
In 2011, McCoy helped the Broncos reach the AFC Divisional Playoffs after winning their first AFC West title since 2005. Under his guidance, the Broncos led the NFL with 2,632 rushing yards. QB Tim Tebow finished that season with 660 rushing yards, the most by a quarterback in team history, while RB Willis McGahee tied for the NFL lead with seven 100-yard rushing games and earned his second career Pro Bowl selection after rushing for 1,199 yards.
McCoy oversaw the NFL's seventh-ranked passing attack in 2010 as QB Kyle Orton finished fourth in the league averaging 281 passing yards per game. WR Brandon Lloyd led the NFL with 1,448 receiving yards and earned his first Pro Bowl selection. In 2009, Brandon Marshall tied for third in the NFL with 101 receptions, while RB Knowshon Moreno earned All-Rookie honors after leading all NFL rookies in rushing yards (947), yards from scrimmage (1,160) and total touchdowns (nine).
McCoy spent his first nine seasons as a coach in Carolina, working his way up from offensive assistant (2000) to wide receivers coach (2001), quarterbacks coach/offensive assistant (2002), quarterbacks coach (2003-06) and passing game coordinator/quarterbacks coach (2007-08).The Panthers totaled three playoff appearances, two division titles, two NFC Championship Game appearances and advanced to Super Bowl XXXVIII during McCoy's tenure.
During McCoy's time with Carolina, he worked closely with QB Jake Delhomme, helping the quarterback to four 3,000-yard passing seasons and his first Pro Bowl selection in 2005. Delhomme averaged the fifth most yards per pass attempt (7.8) in the NFL during McCoy's two seasons managing Carolina's passing game, while WR Steve Smith Sr. ranked seventh in the league with 2,423 yards in that span.
A native of Novato, Calif, McCoy played quarterback for two years at Long Beach State (1990-91) before spending his last two years at Utah (1993-94). He signed with the Broncos as an undrafted free agent in 1995 and spent his rookie season on Green Bay's practice squad. He played in NFL Europe with the Amsterdam Admirals (1997) and spent two games on San Francisco's roster as its third quarterback in 1997. McCoy spent training camp with the Philadelphia Eagles (1998) before finishing his playing career with the Calgary Stampeders in the CFL in 1999.
