A Look at the Oakland Raiders’ 2009 Coaching Staff

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Published: May 15, 2009

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... Raiders new coaching staff.

Last year, the Raiders fired head coach, Lane Kiffin, after just four games. The replacement was offensive line coach, Tom Cable.

Cable did a stellar job during his stint as the team's offensive line coach, introducing a zone blocking scheme and helping the team to become the league's sixth best rushing attack in 2007, followed by the 10th best in 2008.

Cable was made the teams official head coach on February 3. With a head coach in place, it was time to start building a new coaching staff.

To replace former offensive coordinator, Greg Knapp, the Raiders decided to just make Ted Tollner the team's passing game coordinator.

Tollner has 46 years of coaching experience at the high school, college, and professional level. His most notable experiences were tutoring Jim McMahon at BYU in 1981 and being the head coach of USC from 1983-86, leading the team to a 26-20-1 record and a Rose Bowl victory, along with a Pac-10 title....

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