The NFL released the list of finalists for the NFL Coach of the Year honor and, surprisingly, Los Angeles Charger head coach, Jim Harbaugh, was not on it.

The AFC West underwent a dramatic shakeup on Friday with the arrival of Pete Carroll as Las Vegas Raiders head coach – rekindling his longstanding rivalry with Los Angeles Chargers head coach Jim Harbaugh in the process.

With the news Friday that the Las Vegas Raiders have hired Peter Carroll to be their head coach, the AFC West might now lay claim to having the most successful quartet of coaches in NFL history. At the very least,

The Las Vegas Raiders adding head coach Pete Carroll to an AFC West that already includes Andy Reid with the Kansas City Chiefs and Sean Payton with the Denver Broncos is a dominant conversation right now. But Jim Harbaugh and the Los Angeles Chargers don’t need to worry about Carroll and the Raiders nearly as much as the hype makes it seem.

The Denver Broncos have a great staff around Sean Payton and the players. Sure, the players do most of the work on the field. But there is a difference between Sean Payton's first year and this year.

The AFC West may have gotten a whole lot tougher with the recent coaching move the Las Vegas Raiders made. Where will that put Los Angeles Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh on the totem pole?

The Raiders' hiring of Pete Carroll creates a decorated group of head coaches in the AFC West, full of Super Bowl and National Championship winners.

According to the Chicago Tribune’s Brad Biggs, the Chicago Bears have requested to interview Broncos senior personnel executive David Shaw for their offensive coordinator position. He joins Broncos tight ends coach Declan Doyle who is considered a top candidate for that job as a contender to be Ben Johnson’s offensive coordinator with the Bears.

After battling for supremacy in the Pac-10 and the NFC West, Carroll and Harbaugh are now set to square off in the AFC West.

Andy Reid started it all. Long been one of the most respected NFL coaches. Comes to the Chiefs and turns them into a power house. And for several years, it was Reid and the Chiefs and everyone

The Denver Broncos lost one assistant to the Chicago Bears, and have now lost another to Dan Campbell and the Detroit Lions. John Morton is back to Detroit.

The AFC West was probably already the best-coached division going into this weekend. But it just got more star power with the Raiders hire of Pete Carroll. Carroll brings 18 years of head coaching experience to a Las Vegas franchise which has been down in the dumps.