Jon Gruden
Jon David Gruden is the head coach of the Las Vegas Raiders of the National Football League. He first served as the Raiders’ head coach from 1998 to 2001 during their tenure in Oakland and rejoined the team in 2018. In between his tenure with the Raiders, he led the Tampa Bay Buccaneers from 2002 to 2008, whom he led to their first Super Bowl title in Super Bowl XXXVII. At age 39, Gruden was the then-youngest head coach to win the Super Bowl.
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Jon David Gruden is the head coach of the Las Vegas Raiders of the National Football League. He first served as the Raiders’ head coach from 1998 to 2001 during their tenure in Oakland and rejoined the team in 2018. In between his tenure with the Raiders, he led the Tampa Bay Buccaneers from 2002 to 2008, whom he led to their first Super Bowl title in Super Bowl XXXVII. At age 39, Gruden was the then-youngest head coach to win the Super Bowl. Gruden also served as an analyst for ESPN and Monday Night Football before he returned to coaching. He was born on August 17, 1963, in Sandusky, Ohio into a family of Slovene descent. His father, Jim, later served as a professional football regional scout, quarterbacks coach, and director of player personnel for the Buccaneers. His brother, Jay, played and coached in the Arena Football League for the Tampabay Storm and Orlando Predators. His other brother, James, is a radiologist at Weill Cornell Medicine. He is a Roman Catholic, and was a Cleveland Browns fan growing up. He attended Clay High School in South Bend, Indiana, home to the University of Notre Dame, where his father served as assistant to head coach Dan Devine. He graduated from Muskingum College in New Concord, Ohio with a degree in communications in 1986. After graduating, he was hired by Mike Holmgren, his former boss at the San Francisco 49ers, to be the special offensive assistantwide receivers coach with the Green Bay Packers.
After three seasons in Green Bay, he became the offensive coordinator of the Philadelphia Eagles under former Packers assistant coach Ray Rhodes. He then was chosen by the owner and general manager of the Oakland Raiders, Al Davis, as the new head coach for the 1998 season. Under Gruden, the Raiders posted consecutive 8–8 seasons in 1998 and 1999, and leapt out of last place in the AFC West. After uniting with journeyman quarterback Rich Gannon, they made the playoffs in three consecutive seasons from 2000 to 2002. Oakland finished 12–4 in the 2000 season, the team’s most successful season in a decade, and its first division title since 1990, ultimately reaching the AFC Championship, where they lost, 16–3, to the eventual Super Bowl champions Baltimore Ravens. The Raiders would return to the postseason with a 10–6 record in 2001, but a negated fumble proved costly as they were defeated, 16-13, in overtime by the New England Patriots. After compiling a 40–28 win-loss record in four seasons with theRaiders, he replaced Tony Dungy as head coach in 2002 via a high-stakes trade that included Tampa Bay’s 2002-round draft picks, 2002 and 2004, second-round picks, and second round draft picks. In 2003, he signed a five-year contract with the Buccaneers with the fact that Gruden’s contract would expire in a year after the trade. He replaced the Buccaneers’ first, 2003 first, first, second and second draft picks in 2002.
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