New Las Vegas Raider HC Says ‘God Had a Plan for This Day’

Published: February 13, 2026

By Mallory Mattingly

Former Seahawks offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak just became the Las Vegas Raiders new head coach, praising God for the new opportunity.

“I just want to thank God for the opportunity to sit in front of you guys today,” Kubiak declared at the introductory press conference on Tuesday. “God had a plan for this day that I could never have seen, and I’m just grateful.”

According to Sports Spectrum, Kubiak became one of the “youngest head coaches in the NFL after helping lead the Seattle Seahawks to a Super Bowl championship on Sunday. Powered in part by Kubiak’s offense, the Seahawks finished the regular season with a 14-3 record and earned the No. 1 seed in the NFC en route to the franchise’s second Super Bowl championship. In his one season as Seattle’s offensive coordinator, Kubiak helped the Seahawks offense rank third in points (28.4 per game), eighth in total yards (351.4), eighth in passing yards (228.1) and tie for 10th in rushing yards (123.3).”

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In that same press conference, the new head coach spoke about his identity in Christ.

“I see my identity as a child of God,” he emphasized. “I know that I’m sitting right here because of Jesus Christ. It wasn’t always that way. I’ve had some great mentors that helped me who know the Gospels better. My goal is to live out the Ten Commandments and the Beatitudes and let those values show through in my current coaching. I fall short of that a lot, but I always go back to the building blocks, which is the Bible.”

How great is this from Klint Kubiak?
New Las Vegas Raiders head coach shares about his faith at his introductory press conference.

“I’m sitting right here because of Jesus Christ.” pic.twitter.com/obSYZDKR3y

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Kubiak also spoke about his excitement to work with minority owner and seven-time Super Bowl winner Tom Brady.

“I’m really excited to work with Tom,” Kubiak said, per the NFL. “He made the mistake of giving me his cell phone number, so he might wish he never did that because I’m gonna be calling him a lot. What I’m excited about is that we’re really different. We have different offensive backgrounds, how we can pull ideas from each other, but obviously he’s the greatest that’s ever done it.”

“In the interview process, the passion that he spoke with on all things football just got me excited about the opportunity to work with him,” he continued. “So, I know plenty has been said and speculated about how that relationship’s gonna go and that’s one of the main draws to come here, is to work with him, to get to work with [general manager John] Spy[tek]. These are great football minds, and if we collaborate they way we’re supposed to, then we are going to pull the best out of each other.”

It’s exciting to see Kubiak use his new position to proclaim the name of Jesus.

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