By Jeremy Kahn

Jack Del Rio played his high school football at Hayward High School before heading to the University of Southern California, and then to a career in the NFL with the Cleveland Browns.

After retiring, Del Rio moved into the coaching ranks, including a stint as the Head Coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars.

More recently, Del Rio was the Defensive Coordinator for the Denver Broncos; however that all changed with the dismissal of the entire Broncos coaching staff after the Broncos lost to the Indianapolis Colts 24-13 on Sunday afternoon.

Del Rio was not out of work long, as on Wednesday afternoon, he was named the Head Coach of the Oakland Raiders, the teams’12th Head Coach since returning to Oakland in 1995.

While with the Jaguars, Del Rio went 68-71 between 2003-2011 and the team qualified for the playoffs twice under his tenure.

Ironically, Del Rio replaced Dennis Allen as the Defensive Coordinator of the Broncos when Allen was named Head Coach of the Raiders and here it is, Del Rio in replacing Allen in Oakland.

Tony Sparano, who replaced Allen after just four games into the season was the other finalist for the job.