Silver And Black Pride
There are few people in the NFL world who has been as busy as Klint Kubiak has been this year.
He was part of a Super Bowl-winning ride by the Seattle Seahawks as their offensive coordinator, all the while being a leading head-coaching candidate around the league. Right after the Super Bowl, he flew to Las Vegas to be introduced as the Las Vegas Raiders head coach and immediately jumped into that process. He went though the staff hiring experience, all the while learning his new franchise and going through the NFL offseason process as a head-coach for the first time.
Earlier this month, immediately after ending the mandatory minicamp, marking the end of the offseason program, Kubiak flew to Seattle for the Seahawks’ Super Bowl ring ceremony.
It‘s been a whirlwind for Kubiak. he is currently enjoying some down time with his family before jumping into training camp late next month. When he does return to work and to the meat of the season, the first-time head coach is confident he will be ready to deal with all that’s involved in the job
Part of Kubiak’s confodence is the staff around him in Las Vegas. He feels like he has plenty of help around him.
“The organization has surrounded myself with so much talent, with our scouts,” Kubiak said.
“I can’t say enough great things about Matt Capurro and Mike McCoy, guys that I work with every day, but
it’s been a process that’s been solely focused on making the football team better and have the best
practices we can have. I’m allowed to focus on football because our infrastructure is so good around me.
So, I’m really fortunate for that.”
It also helps Kubiak that he has several people around him that he has worked with or he knows them from his father, Gary’s, days as a head coach.
“When you’re putting the staff together, it’s really about finding the best guy, and when you can have people that you’ve worked with before, when it’s all on the line in the fire, you knowhow that person’s going to respond,” Kubiak said. “There’s a lot of value in that. I don’t want to find out about my coaches when it’s fourth-and-10 what they’re really about. If I know what they’re about coming into the building, I know what to expect and know who I can count on. So, you have to have trust in those guys, and I have trust in these men. There are a few individuals that I don’t know, but it’s been a pleasure to work with them, and we’re just like the players, when it’s all on the line, we’ve got to perform as well. So, having a staff of guys that are in the boat with you and have your back goes a long way.”
