Ex-Broncos DC Dennis Allen named Raiders’ new head coach

You'd have to go back to 1963 to find a Raiders head coach in either Oakland or Los Angeles who wasn't hired by Al Davis, and that coach back in 1963 was … Al Davis. A few months after Davis' passing, and shortly after the team fired Hue Jackson, the Raiders announced that Denver Broncos defensive coordinator Dennis Allen will be their new head coach. Allen is the first defensive-minded head man hired by the Raiders since Davis promoted some newbie by the name of John Madden from linebackers coach in 1969, and he will preside of the team's seventh defensive coordinator in as many years. Presumably, new general manager Reggie McKenzie presided over the Allen decision. "He's a rising star in this league, and he's studied under some of the better coordinators in the league," Jason La Canfora of the NFL Network said. "And as much as everyone talks about "Tebow Time," [the Broncos] were winning games with their defense and their pass rush....