Pete Carroll is about to turn 74 years old on Monday, but he has already shown his new team his legendary explosive personality.

Carroll emphatically kicked through a whiteboard during a motivational team meeting last Saturday night ahead of the Raiders’ Week 1 win over the Patriots, according to the NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport .

Raiders head coach Pete Carroll, center, celebrates after his team defeated the New England Patriots in an NFL football game, Sunday, Sept. 7, 2025. AP

According to witnesses cited in the report, “the room went crazy” after Carroll’s display, which was likened to a WWE promo performance, with one source telling Rapoport, “he just knows how to reach guys. This is why he’s who he is.”

Another person in the room added, “That’s just Pete. That’s how he turns the

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