If wisdom truly does come with age, then the Las Vegas Raiders are going to have the smartest head coach in the NFL in 2025. When Pete Carroll takes the field against the New England Patriots -- a team that once fired Carroll -- in Week 1, he'll officially become the oldest head coach in NFL history.

When Carroll coached his final game with the Seattle Seahawks in 2023, he was 72 years old and 114 days, which made him the fourth-oldest person to ever coach in an NFL game. The Raiders' opening game against the Patriots is kicking off on Sept. 7, a day when Carroll will be just eight days shy of turning 74 (His birthday is Sept. 15).

There have only been five coaches to make it pass the age of 70 in NFL history.

Here's a look at how old the five oldest coaches were when they coached

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