For 21 years Tom Flores was a co-host for the Raiders radio broadcast alongside Greg Papa. That ended in 2018 when the Raiders moved on, hiring veteran TV play-by-play man Brent Musberger and elevating Lincoln Kennedy to the booth as the analyst.
This week, however, Tom Flores will be in the booth once again to help call the Raiders Las Vegas home opener at Allegiant Stadium.
“When Marc Badain called me to say he and Mark Davis would like me to come to the first game, I was thrilled,” Flores said via the Raiders website. “I wanted to go to the game, knowing that it was going to be limited, and when they asked that I be in the radio booth I got excited — I was like a little kid for Christ’s sake.”
Flores was recently named a finalist for the Hall of Fame by the coaching committee. He is the lone head coach finalist for induction, which means he has a very good chance of finally getting in.
The 83-year-old coached the Raiders from 1979 to 1987, leading the team to two Super Bowl wins in that time. He retired from coaching after the 1994 season and three years later, entered the booth as part of the Raiders radio broadcast team; a post he held for 21 years.
