Silver And Black Pride
The Raiders hired Rick Dennison as the team’s offensive line coach back in February, a move that came with a little question. Denison wasn’t the top choice for the Raiders OL coach position, with Las Vegas attempting to hire others before ultimately deciding to retain Denison as their offensive line coach. HC Klint Kubiak has deep ties to Dennison, and Dennison has similar ties to the entire Kubiak family. The 67 year old was expected to join the Raiders staff in 2026, in some form of senior advisor role, however Las Vegas ultimately added him as the offensive line coach, a role he’ll serve for at least this season if the team decides to add others into the mix as well.
The Raiders OL is coming off a season where they ranked just 27th overall, including 31st in the run & 25th in the pass. The team decided to let Dylan Parham walk, and signed free agent Tyler Linderbaum to anchor the center position. Additionally, the team returns Kolton Miller & Jackson Powers-Johnson from injury, drafted Trey Zuhn in the third, and signed guard Spencer Burford.
Role: Offensive Line Coach
Previous Role: Run Game Coordinator & Offensive Advisor
Previous Team: Seattle Seahawks
Age: 67
Dennison spence 10 seasons in the NFL as a linebacker, after going undrafted in the 1980 draft out of Colorado State as a TE he would go on to play with the Bills (1980), Broncos (1981), Bills (1982), and Broncos (1982-1990) before calling it a career after 128 games, 4 interceptions, 7 FF, 11 sacks, and 5 FR (tackles, TFL, and PBU were not tracked yet). He began his coaching career with the Broncos from 1995-2009 serving as an offensive assistant, ST coordinator, OL coach (2001-2005), offensive coordinator (2006-2008), and then offensive line coach again in 2009. Dennison would depart Denver to Houston as their offensive coordinator from 2010 till 2013.
In 2014, Dennison joined the Ravens as their QB coach, before re-joining the Broncos as the teams offensive coordinator in 2015-2016. Denison would take that same role to the Bills in 2017, before settling in as an offensive line coach with the Jets in 2018. He’d head to Minnesota in 2019 where he served as the teams OL coach & run game coordinator till 2021. In 2022 he worked as the head coach at Academy Force HS in Minnesota, before joining Klint Kubiak in Seattle as an assistant in 2024, heading to Seattle as the teams run game coordinator in 2025, and finally landing in Las Vegas as an OL coach again. Dennison is a 4x Super Bowl Champion as a coach.
*I won’t be touching on experience more than a decade old, for any of these breakdowns unless it’s a very key thing to note*
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