HENDERSON, Nev. – The Las Vegas Raiders have fired Antonio Pierce after his first full season as head coach, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Tuesday.

A source told Schefter that the Raiders are retaining general manager Tom Telesco, who was hired for that role last season.

Pierce, who was hired as the team’s coach last season after serving as interim coach in 2023, led the Raiders to a 4-13 record this season.

At his media release on Monday, he had said he was acting as if he would remain as the team’s coach, but admitted he had not yet met with team owner Mark Davis.

The Raiders lost 34-20 to the Los Angeles Chargers on Sunday, ending a season with a 10-game losing streak, the team’s longest losing streak since 2014, when they opened 0-10. The Raiders will now look to hire their fifth head coach since moving from Oakland to Las Vegas in 2020 and their ninth since Davis took over as owner following the death of his father Al Davis in 2011.

Las Vegas finished last in its division and secured the No. 6 overall draft pick on Sunday. The remaining AFC West teams – the Kansas City Chiefs, Denver Broncos and Chargers – each made the playoffs.

Pierce, 46, was initially promoted from linebackers coach to interim head coach when Davis fired Josh McDaniels and general manager Dave Ziegler on Halloween night in 2023 after less than two full seasons.

The Raiders finished 2023 under Pierce at 5-4, including 4-2 in the AFC West with a 63-21 win over the Chargers and an overall record of 8-9.

After an offseason in which the Raiders were either unable or unwilling to trade up for a quarterback in the draft, Pierce had his eye on Jayden Daniels, but he was gone at No. 2 and six QBs were drafted before the Raiders’ No. 1 selection .13 – Las Vegas selected free agent veteran Gardner Minshew, giving him a two-year, $25 million contract with $15 million guaranteed.

The Raiders also had an agreement with former Arizona Cardinals coach Kliff Kingsbury to come on board as offensive coordinator before he retired and went to the Washington Commanders, who drafted Daniels.

Pierce chose former Bears offensive coordinator Luke Getsy, and Minshew won a tough training camp battle with second-year returnee Aidan O’Connell.

But the Raiders’ offense under Getsy and Minshew didn’t get off to the fast start that Pierce had envisioned, and Minshew was benched in favor of O’Connell after five games. Getsy was fired after nine games and replaced by passing game coordinator Scott Turner, and O’Connell and Minshew continued to battle injuries the remainder of the season.

Prior to his promotion, Pierce, a nine-year veteran who was named to a Pro Bowl and won a Super Bowl as a linebacker with the New York Giants, had never been a head coach above the high school level and had never been a coordinator for the NFL.