The fact that a formal meeting with team owner Mark Davis hasn’t happened yet means that Pierce is no lock to return for a second full season in silver and black.

Antonio Pierce officially finished his first year as the Las Vegas Raiders' head coach, and it sounds like he has a good chance of remaining in this position, at least from what he's heard. There's been speculation the Raiders could fire Pierce after the team went 4–13 this season, but the coach is calling this purely outside rumors.

Antonio Pierce is operating as if he will remain the coach of the Las Vegas Raiders after a 4-13 season, though he had yet to meet with team owner Mark Davis and general manager Tom Telesco when he addressed reporters in his end-of-season news conference Monday.

"We've got to do a lot of things better when you only win four games," Pierce said at his end-of-season press conference.

You want to win three in a row, win at home in front of your crowd, win a division game. Started off well at the half and obviously turnovers were a momentum deal, and we didn't recover."Q: I think this has been kind of the same theme where things were going good,

The Raiders stumbled to a 4-13 finish, dropping a one-sided Chargers rematch after winning two straight. This dropped the Silver

It seemed very possible that when Antonio Pierce took to the podium Sunday night after the Raiders lost their 13th game of the season to the Los Angeles Chargers, that it could be the last time he appeared before the media as Raiders head coach.

Las Vegas Raiders players credited head coach Antonio Pierce for keeping them motivated despite a 10-game losing streak and 4-13 season, and the team unity is part of the reason he expects to be back as head coach in 2025.

Head coach Antonio Pierce of the Las Vegas Raiders looks on in the third quarter of a game against the Los Angeles Chargers at Allegiant Stadium on