Raiders Bring In Seahawks QBs Coach Andrew Janocko for Offensive Coordinator Interview
Las Vegas head coach Klint Kubiak kept his offensive coaching search moving on Sunday, Feb. 15, 2026 (ET), when he met with Seahawks quarterbacks coach Andrew Janocko about the offensive coordinator position. The meeting underscores the trust Kubiak places in long-time collaborators as he builds his staff and shapes the Raiders’ offensive identity.
Familiar partnership and timeline
Janocko and Kubiak have a multi-stop history together that stretches back to stops in Minnesota and New Orleans and continued into Seattle. That continuity — a coach who already understands Kubiak’s philosophy and communication style — was a major factor in why Janocko was brought in for an interview. The meeting in Las Vegas on Sunday came amid a wider search that has included other candidates for offensive and defensive coordinator roles, as the new head coach pieces together his staff ahead of the 2026 offseason.
Janocko spent the 2025 season as the Seahawks’ quarterbacks coach. He arrives in Las Vegas with 13 years of NFL coaching experience and has built a reputation as a versatile assistant who has worked with multiple position groups and in various schematic roles.
What Janocko would bring to Las Vegas
Janocko’s résumé highlights five seasons specifically as a quarterbacks coach, but it also includes time coaching offensive line and wide receivers. That breadth gives him a holistic view of offensive construction and game planning — a useful quality for a coordinator who needs to synthesize protections, route concepts and play-design into a coherent weekly plan.
Kubiak has signaled that he will retain play-calling responsibilities as head coach, which frames the coordinator role in Las Vegas as more of a chief deputy: game-planning, weekly scripting, and helping translate the head coach’s vision into practice and in-game adjustments. In that setup, Janocko’s longtime working relationship with Kubiak and his positional versatility make him an attractive candidate to be a trusted assistant who can execute the head coach’s offensive scheme.
Coaches with Janocko’s background can be valuable in bridging communication between position coaches and the head coach, coordinating cross-group reps, and tailoring game plans to the strengths and weaknesses of individual players. His time developing quarterbacks is particularly relevant for a Raiders roster that will prioritize quarterback play in the coming campaigns.
Staffing picture and next steps
The Janocko interview is part of a flurry of conversations the Raiders have held as they rebuild the staff around Kubiak. The club has interviewed other candidates for offensive roles and has also pursued defensive staff options to solidify the other side of the ball. One defensive candidate with ties to Kubiak was set to interview for the defensive coordinator position in Las Vegas, highlighting the coach’s continued reliance on familiar colleagues from prior stops.
For Janocko, the Las Vegas interview represents an opportunity to step into a coordinator role while working alongside a head coach who has long trusted his work. If hired, Janocko would join a staff designed around Kubiak’s offensive principles, with the head coach directing plays and the coordinator responsible for execution, game-planning and quarterback development in practice and preparation.
The Raiders’ decision timeline remains internal to the organization. But the presence of a known collaborator like Janocko in the candidate pool signals that continuity and trust are high priorities for the franchise as it prepares for the 2026 season.
