Raiders Rumors: Patriots' Mick Lombardi Named OC on Josh McDaniels' Coaching Staff

The Las Vegas Raiders have reportedly hired New England Patriots wide receivers coach Mick Lombardi to be their next offensive coordinator, per ESPN's Adam Schefter.

Lombardi joins ex-Pats offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels, who is now the Raiders' head coach.

In addition, the Raiders hired Pats offensive line coach Carmen Bricillo for the same position in Las Vegas.

McDaniels also previously brought over Patriots quality control/QB coach Bo Hardegree to be the Raiders' quarterbacks coach.

The exodus of coaches leaving New England for Las Vegas is over now, though, per Andrew Callahan of the Boston Herald. 

All of those coaches join Dave Ziegler, the former Pats director of player personnel who was named the Raiders' GM.

As for the Raiders' new OC, the 33-year-old Lombardi began his coaching career as an assistant at Fordham in 2009.

In 2011, Lombardi moved to New England and became a scouting assistant for the Pats.

Two years later, Lombardi got back into coaching, heading west to become an assistant for then-San Francisco 49ers head coach Jim Harbaugh. He worked as an offensive assistant in 2014 before moving to the defensive side in 2015. Lombardi then went back to work on offense and became a quality control coach in 2016.

Lombardi left the 49ers for the New York Jets in 2017, working as an offensive assistant for two years. He then headed back to New England, first as an assistant quarterbacks coach (2019) and then the wide receivers coach (2020-2021).

Now he'll get his first coordinator job as he works with a talented offensive group that includes tight end Darren Waller, wideout Hunter Renfrow and quarterback Derek Carr.