Report: Oakland Raiders will not make Tony Sparano interim head coach

Assistant head coach and offensive line coach Tony Sparano was expected to be named the interim head coach of the Oakland Raiders after it was announced the head coach Dennis Allen had been fired.

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According to reports that’s not the case.

Sparano served four years as head coach of the Miami Dolphins from 2008-2011 and has the most recent head coaching experience of any member of the Raiders coaching staff.

According to Fallon Smith of CSNBayArea.com, Sparano will not fill that role.

There’s only two other coaches currently on staff that would fit the position. Offensive coordinator Greg Olson and senior offensive assistant Al Saunders.

Saunders served as head coach of the San Diego Chargers from 1986-1988 and had the title of assistant head coach while coaching in Kansas City, St. Louis and Washington.

Olson was the assistant head coach in Jacksonville in 2012 and has been an offensive coordinator for the Detroit Lions (2004-2005), St. Louis Rams (2006-2007), and Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2008-2011).

Unless the Oakland Raiders are looking to get an outside hire mid-season, which would be very unorthodox in this situation, look for Olson or Saunders to be given the interim job.

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