The AFC West underwent a dramatic shakeup on Friday with the arrival of Pete Carroll as Las Vegas Raiders head coach – rekindling his longstanding rivalry with Los Angeles Chargers head coach Jim Harbaugh in the process.

The four AFC West head coaches—Andy Reid, Jim Harbaugh, Sean Payton, and Pete Carroll—now have a combined 20 Conference Championship appearances and nine Super Bowl appearances. https://t.co/t0myQXaeI6

Former Denver Broncos starting quarterback Russell Wilson offered telling comments about his former head coaches, omitting Sean Payton.

The Las Vegas Raiders are being linked to Russell Wilson in NFL free agency following the hiring of his former head coach Pete Carroll.

The Las Vegas Raiders own claim to one of the most famous stanzas in NFL Films history -- "the Autumn Wind is a pirate, blustering in from sea, with a rollicking song he sweeps along, swaggering boisterously" -- owing in large part to the incredible history of the franchise in NFL annals.

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.

The 73-year-old former Seattle Seahawks, New England Patriots and New York Jets head joins general manager John Spytek to form a new power duo at the top of organization.

Pete Carroll is the new head coach of the Las Vegas Raiders. Carroll's arrival in Vegas has many implications and triggers many questions, not the least of which is: could Russell Wilson follow him to the Raiders?