HENDERSON, Nev. — The Las Vegas Raiders hired former Chicago Bears offensive coordinator Luke Getsy on Tuesday, going to their second option after Kliff Kingsbury withdrew from consideration Saturday.
Getsy is a Steel Valley graduate who played two years at Pitt before transferring to Akron.
New Raiders coach Antonio Pierce will be looking for Getsy to help turn around an offense that this past season was 27th in yards per game (289.5) and 23rd in scoring (19.5-point average).
But Getsy, 39, was fired by the Bears after Chicago tied for 18th with 21.2 points per game, just five spots ahead of Las Vegas.
Getsy, however, might have been hindered by the lack of development of third-year quarterback Justin Fields as a passer. Fields completed 61.4% of his passes this season with a quarterback rating of 86.3.
He did oversee a Bears rushing attack that was second in rushing yards (2,399) and rushing yards per game (141.1).
Now Getsy has to prove the Raiders got it right. Las Vegas management agreed in principle with Kingsbury on Thursday, but they failed to come to terms on a contract. Kingsbury then was hired Sunday to be Washington’s offensive coordinator.
