ALAMEDA, Calif. (AP) – Oakland Raiders coach Jack Del Rio wanted to become a bit more modern.
Del Rio started his own Twitter account on Wednesday with the handle: coachdelrio. The first tweet he sent out was a selfie of him and his team.
– JackDelRio (@coachdelrio) June 8, 2016
“Just an opportunity to I guess be a little more current and share a little insight,” Del Rio said.
Del Rio ended his news conference after Oakland’s practice Wednesday by taking a picture of the media and sending that out on his account.
The team gave me 👊 for my 1st tweet & alot of coaching! Weigh in @RAIDERS fans #RETURNTOGREATNESS #RaiderNation pic.twitter.com/cN6zvLgQW0
– JackDelRio (@coachdelrio) June 8, 2016