Jim Harbaugh and Pete Carroll go way, way back. Carroll's hiring as the new head man for the Las Vegas Raiders is sure to ignite the rivaly with Harbaugh.

The workings of life are strange. Two different people might not want to cross paths ever again, but they somehow keep bumping into each other. Two people with complicated histories manage to intersect again and again,

Now that Pete Carroll and Jim Harbaugh are in the same division again, get ready for more amazing battles between two coaches who have always made each other better.

This past week, it was announced that Pete Carroll will return to coaching in 2025 with the Las Vegas Raiders. After serving as the head coach at USC for nine seasons and with the Seattle Seahawks for 14,

The AFC West underwent a dramatic shakeup on Friday with the arrival of Pete Carroll as Las Vegas Raiders head coach – rekindling his longstanding rivalry with Los Angeles Chargers head coach Jim Harbaugh in the process.

The Las Vegas Raiders adding head coach Pete Carroll to an AFC West that already includes Andy Reid with the Kansas City Chiefs and Sean Payton with the Denver Broncos is a dominant conversation right now. But Jim Harbaugh and the Los Angeles Chargers don’t need to worry about Carroll and the Raiders nearly as much as the hype makes it seem.

An old clip of supposed tension between Pete Carroll and Jim Harbaugh resurfaces after the Raiders hire Carroll as their next head coach.

“In the NFL, though, Carroll has had the upper hand over Harbaugh (6-5), especially in their most recent battles,” Moton wrote. “Though the Chargers are coming off a year in which they clinched a playoff berth with an 11-6 record, Harbaugh probably isn't thrilled to see Carroll back in his conference and division.”

Pete Carroll is back. One year removed from being run outta town as the head man of the Seattle Seahawks, the peppy coach nicknamed "Big Balls Pete" is headed back to an NFL sideline as the new sheriff of the Las Vegas Raiders.

Pete Carroll is 30 wins away from becoming part of the 200-win club among NFL head coaches. Can he get there with the Raiders?

He will try to become the fourth quarterback to win the NFL's ultimate prize as a starting quarterback after losing his first Super Bowl start.

After battling for supremacy in the Pac-10 and the NFC West, Carroll and Harbaugh are now set to square off in the AFC West.