Bo Hardegree, a Jackson native and Jackson Central-Merry High School graduate has been hired as quarterbacks coach of the Las Vegas Raiders.

Hardegree, a graduate of the University of Tennessee, left the New England Patriots to become the second member of Josh McDaniels’s new staff at Las Vegas.

Hardegree spent just one season with the Patriots.

This will be the second time Hardegree has held the title of QB coach in the NFL. He was a QB coach for three seasons in Miami (2016-18) under Adam Gase.

Gase was hired as head coach of the Jets and Hardegree joined him as an offensive assistant.
In 2021, after Gase was fired, Hardegree stayed on with the Jets and worked with rookie QB Zach Wilson.

Following the 2021 season, Hardegree took the same position with the Patriots, helping work with rookie QB Mac Jones.

Hardegree, whose father Jim is an assistant football coach at the University School of Jackson, got his start in the NFL coaching ranks in Denver as an offensive quality control coach in 2014.

(PHOTO: Bo Hardegree, right, is the new quarterbacks coach for the Las Vegas Raiders)