How Important Is Head Coaching Experience?

Jan 27 2022 by Battle Red Blog

 

Potential or proven track record—which matters more?

On February 4, 1969, Al Davis, former owner of the Oakland Los Angeles Las Vegas Raiders elevated a seemingly unknown linebackers coach to head coach. Davis was already known as a maverick, a man who wasn’t interested in doing things the way they’d always been done. Instead, at the time, he was a shrewd businessman with a very keen football intellect.

While no other team would give this former collegiate player a second...

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