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Feb 7, 2022

Remember Dennis Allen? The young assistant who was given the dead end job of coaching the Raiders during a complete dismantling under Reggie McKenzie? Well, eight years since his firing from the Raiders, he’s getting another shot at the head coaching job with the Saints. - - Saints have informed their defensive coordinator Dennis Allen that they are hiring him as their next head coach, sources tell ESPN. - Once again Allen replaces Sean Payton, minus the interim title. - — Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) February 7, 2022 - - - When Allen was hired as the Raiders head coach, he was just 39 years of age and had been a defensive coordinator for all of one season in Denver. - In his Raiders’ tenure, he went 8-28, while his GM cut all the team’s best players and signed cheap fill-ins due to the dead money left behind that hamstrung the Raiders. - Probably Allen’s best moment with the Raiders was being the head coach during the 2014 draft that yielded the likes of DE Khalil Mack, QB Derek Carr, G Gabe Jackson, DT Tommy Kelly, CB TJ Carrie, and DE Shelby Harris. - The Raiders began the 2014 season 0-4 following a loss in London and Allen was fired by the time to team plane landed back to the states. The team would go 0-10 that season before notching their first win and finish 3-13. - Allen quickly caught on with the Saints the following season as a defensive assistant, and midway through his first season was named the interim defensive coordinator. A position he has held ever since. - This offseason longtime Saints head coach Sean Payton retired, leaving the Saints with a vacancy. And now they have filled it from the inside with Allen’s promotion. - - - - - - - - - - - - Email - - - - - Sign up - - - - - - - - Like this article? - Sign up for the Raiders Wire email newsletter to get our top stories in your inbox every morning - - - - An error has occured - - - Please re-enter your email address. - - - - - - Thanks for signing up! - - - You'll now receive the top Raiders Wire stories each day directly in your inbox.

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