The Las Vegas Raiders hired former Cincinnati Bengals coach Marvin Lewis to help mentor Antonio Pierce -- and Lewis likes what he sees heading into the upcoming season.
Assistant Head Coach Marvin Lewis joined the Las Vegas Raiders with 43 years of NFL and college coaching experience under his belt -- and he came back to the game at 65 years old for a chance to work with head coach Antonio Pierce.
Lewis' role is what could be described as advisory. He looks to help mentor the man he once coached with at Arizona State. Lewis had praise for the vision that Pierce and Raiders general manager Tom Telesco set in place and adhere to through their actions. For Lewis, the returnees and a productive offseason are reason enough for excitement, but the former Cincinnati Bengals head coach finds the culture to be the most promising aspect of the Pierce-led Raiders.on offense, and I think trying to put playmakers in position on offense and so forth," Lewis told reporters at an OTA last week.
"I think Malcolm Koonce is one that watching what he did at the end of the year, I think everybody looks around and says, 'Man, look what Malc did, I can do that,' and I think that's really important, and I think that's the atmosphere that's been created throughout the football team."also said that the Silver and Black currently have a "great nucleus" leading the team, which is big praise coming from a highly respected coach.
Before he was a head coach, Lewis was a successful defensive coordinator. He won a Super Bowl when he helped mastermind one of the best defenses the game has ever seen -- the 2000 Baltimore Ravens.
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