A Super Bowl winning head coach He may return to the fray in 2025.
According to NFL Network, teams are said to be monitoring the matter Jon Gruden.
However, it's not as easy as interviewing a football coach — apparently, these teams are doing “extensive homework” on Gruden “as a coach” and “as a person” considering the controversy that plagued him two years ago.
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Las Vegas Raiders coach Jon Gruden looks on from the sidelines against the Pittsburgh Steelers during the second quarter at Heinz Field. Las Vegas won 26-17. (Charles LeClair-USA Today Sports)
Gruden is Sue the NFLclaiming she leaked the emails to get him fired — he reportedly sent racist, misogynistic, and homophobic emails directed at Commissioner Roger Goodell and NFL Players Association Executive Director DeMaurice Smith, among others in the emails.
“I am ashamed of what was stated in these emails, and I will make no excuses for it. It is shameful.” Gruden said in August 2022. “But I'm a good person. I think so. I go to church. I've been married for 31 years. I have three wonderful boys. I still love football. I've made some mistakes, but I don't think so. Anyone here hasn't and I'm just asking for forgiveness,” “I hope I get another chance.”
Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach Jon Gruden officiates the North team in the 2007 Under Armor Senior Bowl in Mobile on Jan. 27. (A. Messerschmidt/Getty Images)
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Despite this, NFL Network's Tom Pelissero said he “would not be at all surprised if in the coming weeks you see Jon Gruden's name come up in an interview for a head coaching job,” via New York Post.
Gruden, who last coached in the 2021 season after his 10-year contract with the Las Vegas Raiders expired due to controversy, joined Barstool Sports in November. There was reportedly interest from the New Orleans Saints in Gruden joining the staff last year.
Gruden coached the Oakland Raiders to the AFC Championship Game in 2000. In his first year as head coach with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, he won Super Bowl XXXVII over his former Raiders.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach Jon Gruden holds the Vince Lombardi Trophy after winning Super Bowl XXXVIII against the Oakland Raiders at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California on January 26, 2003. (to imagine)
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He was placed in the Bucs' Ring of Honor in 2017, but was removed in 2021 amid scandal.
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