Hughes’ NFL experience includes a two-year stint as the Vikings’ defensive backs coach under Bud Grant in 1982 and 1983, giving him a connection with one of the Raiders’ head coach candidates. Grant retired after the 1983 season, but returned to Minnesota in 1985 and hired Pete Carroll in Hughes’ former position.

Longtime former Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll is reportedly in line to interview with a second team.

The Las Vegas Raiders will have a new head coach next season. The search is on to find a coach that will stabilize the franchise. Raiders will meet with Pete Carroll next week.

Seahawks hopefuls may have been wishing for draft-pick compensation in exchange for Carroll, sort of how Sean Payton was traded from New Orleans to Denver two offseasons ago. That won’t happen. Carroll is free to coach elsewhere and the Seahawks wouldn’t benefit from him filling a head coaching vacancy.

Las Vegas will interview Carroll next week for their head coach position, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported on Thursday night. The former Seahawks coach interviewed with the Bears earlier in the day as he tries to get another gig in the NFL. Carroll, 73, led Seattle for 14 seasons and won Super Bowl 2014 in a rout of the Broncos.

After reportedly interviewing for the Chicago Bears' coaching vacancy, veteran coach Pete Carroll is said to have lined up a second interview with a different team. Carroll will interview for the Las Vegas Raiders' head coaching job next week,

The Chicago Bears completed an interview with former Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll on Thursday, and he's an intriguing name for the team's coaching vacancy.

The Chicago Bears plan to interview former Seattle Seahawks coach Pete Carroll for their head-coaching job Thursday, a league source confirmed Tuesday. ESPN first reported the news. The outlet and others also reported Tuesday that the Dallas Cowboys denied the Bears’ request to interview Dallas coach Mike McCarthy for the vacant coaching job.

Carroll had a 137-69-1 record in the regular season with the Seahawks, leading them to 10 playoff victories in 14 years. He moved into an advisory role with Seattle at the end of last season.

Schneider took the pitch back to head coach Pete Carroll, who wasn’t ready to end the marriage with Wilson quite yet. Carroll said no — but a year later would say yes when the Broncos called, landing two first-round picks, two second-rounders, a fifth-rounder and three veterans. Not a bad return for a quarterback drafted in the third round in 2012.