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5 things to know about the Raiders’ new interim head coach Antonio Pierce

Pierce has taken over after the Raiders head coach and general manager were fired before last Sunday’s game against the Giants

By Brendan Brightman • Published November 6, 2023

NBC Universal, Inc. Las Vegas Raiders interim head coach Antonio Pierce has championship pedigree. Here are five things to know about the Super Bowl champion.

The Las Vegas Raiders are undefeated with former linebacker Antonio Pierce as their interim head coach. It’s only been one game, but still, it could be worse.

Pierce, who served as the linebackers coach under the recently fired Raiders head coach Josh McDaniels, was a surprise choice to take control of the talented team from Sin City.

But apparently Pierce won over the locker room just before McDaniels was canned by telling them the 2007 Giants had the mindset they were going to win every game. And, of course, the 2007 Giants went on to defeat the undefeated New England Patriots, who had McDaniels as their offensive coordinator, in the Super Bowl.

Here are five things you didn’t know about Antonio Pierce:

Antonio Pierce is from California

Pierce was born in Long Beach, Calif. and attended Paramount High School in Paramount, Calif.

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Pierce played college football at the Unversity of Arizona, but went undrafted when he entered the NFL due to many scouts believing he was undersized.

Given that Pierce played nine seasons in the NFL, earning one Super Bowl ring and one Pro Bowl appearance in the process, you could say he proved them wrong.

Antonio Pierce started in Washington

Pierce was signed as an undrafted rookie in 2001 by Washington, where he ended up playing his first four seasons with them before joining the Giants.

Antonio Pierce had nearly 700 tackles in his career

Following Pierce’s last season in 2009, he ended his career with 691 tackles, with 535 of them being solo tackles. He also had 9 sacks and 7 interceptions.

Antonio Pierce has been a head coach before

Before his current tenure with the Raiders, Pierce had worked as the head coach for Long Beach Poly High School and as the linebackers coach and defensive coordinator at Arizona State University.