Jon Gruden

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Jon Gruden
Jon gruden.jpg
John Gruden 2018
Las Vegas Raiders - No. N / A
Head coach
Date of birth: August 17, 1963
Place of birth: Sandusky , Ohio
Height: 1.78 m Weight: - kg
NFL debut
No regular season or postseason appearances
Career
College : University of Dayton
Not drafted in 1986
 Teams:
Career highlights and awards
Balance ( Regular Season )     106: 102 (51%)
Balance ( play-offs )     5: 4 (56%)
Balance sheet (career)     111: 106 (51%)

Jon David Gruden (born August 17, 1963 in Sandusky , Ohio ) is an American football coach. He is the head coach of the Las Vegas Raiders in the National Football League (NFL). From 1998 to 2001 he was the head coach of the Raiders for the first time and was hired again as their head coach in 2018. Between his time with the Raiders, he was head coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers from 2002 to 2008 , with whom he won Super Bowl XXXVII in 2002. He was the youngest coach to win a Super Bowl before Mike Tomlin replaced him as the record holder in 2009. After his time with the Buccaneers, he worked as a football commentator for ESPN

Early life

Gruden was born on August 17, 1963 in Sandusky , Ohio , and is of Slovenian descent. His father later worked as a regional football scout, quarterback coach, and player personnel director for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. His brother Jay played and trained in the Arena Football League and was most recently head coach of the Washington Redskins .

Gruden was raised Roman Catholic and was a fan of the Cleveland Browns as a child . At 15, he attended Clay High School in South Bend , Indiana , home to the University of Notre Dame , where his father worked as an assistant to head coach Dan Devine. After graduating in 1981, Gruden attended Muskingum College in New Concord , Ohio, which he left after just one year and moved to the University of Dayton . There he was the Flyers backup quarterback for three years under Head Coach Mike Kelly. Gruden was getting little playing time, but during his three seasons the Flyers had a 24-7 statistic. In 1986 he finished his studies with a degree in communication.

Coaching career

college

After graduating from the University of Dayton, Gruden was the assistant coach of the football team at the University of Tennessee from 1985 to 1986 . Following his time with the Volunteers , he was a quarterback coach at Southeast Missouri State for two years . In 1989 Gruden moved to the University of the Pacific as a wide receiver coach for a year . He then was an assistant to quarterback coach Mike Holmgren . In March 1991, Gruden became the University of Pittsburgh wide receiver coach under Head Coach Paul Hackett .

NFL

In January 1992, at the age of 28, Gruden was hired by Mike Holmgren , his former boss at the San Francisco 49ers, to coach the Green Bay Packers as wide receiver . After three seasons at Green Bay, Gruden became the Philadelphia Eagles' offensive coordinator under former Packers assistant Ray Rhodes. Gruden was then elected as the Raiders' new head coach for the 1998 season by the owner and general manager of the Oakland Raiders , Al Davis .

Oakland Raiders (1998-2001)

Under Gruden, the Raiders recorded two consecutive seasons in 1998 and 1999 with a balance of 8-8 and gave up last place in the AFC West . After quarterback Rich Gannon joined the Raiders, Gruden led the Raiders to the top of AFC West and they contested the playoffs for three consecutive seasons from 2000 to 2002 (the third season was under head coach Bill Callahan). Oakland finished the 2000 season with 12: 4, the most successful season the team for ten years, and the first division title since 1990. They eventually reached the AFC Championship , where they face 16: 3 against the future Super Bowl champion Baltimore Ravens lost . In 2001, the Raiders could return with a 10-6 record in the playoffs, but in the AFC Divisionalround a negated fumble proved costly as they in extra time by eventual Super Bowl champion New England Patriots with 16-13 were defeated. While Gruden was with the Raiders, Gruden was nicknamed "Chucky" by Raiders defenseman Grady Jackson, who thought the coach looked like the fictional character "Chucky" in the 1988 slasher film Child's Play.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2002-2008)

After Gruden had a 40:28 record (including playoffs) in four seasons with the Raiders, he replaced the sacked Tony Dungy as head coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2002 with a high-stakes deal, the Tampa Bay's first-round Picks in 2002 and 2003, Second Round Picks in 2002 and 2004, and $ 8 million. The trade took place for a number of reasons, including Davis' desire for a more vertical passing attack rather than Gruden's horizontal passing attack. Plus the fact that Gruden's contract would expire a year after the deal, and Davis's uncertainty as to whether Gruden was worth that much money. Gruden signed a five-year deal with the Buccaneers worth $ 17.5 million.

The Buccaneers' search for a head coach had taken more than two months. Tampa Bay had expressed an interest in Gruden, but Davis had originally refused to release him from his contract. The team then spoke to several other coaches and believed that a deal with Bill Parcells would be struck before Parcells stepped back from the deal. Reportedly because Mike Tannenbaum told him not to take the job because of the difficulties with the Tampa Bay salary cap. With the Buccaneers difficult to find, the fact that the coach the Buccaneers wanted had only a year left, and the Indianapolis Colts hired Dungy immediately, many fans and sports commentators began to openly question whether the Buccaneers were up for it went the right way in dismissing Dungy. Only a great mindset could calm the reviews, which may have been the main motivation for the Bucs to take on as much as they did for taking over Gruden.

Immediately after arriving in Tampa Bay, Gruden made significant changes to the offense by employing numerous free players. His determination to fix the poorly performing offensive inspired Tampa's defense to another No. 1 ranking that helped the team to a 12-4 season. Both the offensive and the defensive made progress in the playoffs. The Buccaneers recorded a point differential of 23 points per game, the highest average playoff profit margin for a Super Bowl winner along with the 1992 Dallas Cowboys . Fans were particularly pleased with a win in the NFC Championship Game against the Philadelphia Eagles, the team that Had defeated Tampa Bay in the wild card round two years in a row with a combined score of 52:12. Gruden was particularly pleased with a dominant win over his old team, the Raiders, in Super Bowl XXXVII . Despite the Super Bowl win, there were many who largely attributed Gruden's victory to the defense created by coach Tony Dungy and defense coordinator Monte Kiffin during Dungy's tenure with the Buccaneers. Gruden, for his part, publicly and kindly thanked Dungy for his contributions to winning the Lombardi Trophy at the Super Bowl XXXVII ceremony.

Gruden's mantra for the 2002 season was "Pound the Rock", an indication of the commitment of the Laufspiesl. Gruden even went so far as to display a large piece of granite in the locker room, a tactic emulated by the Jacksonville Jaguars . (The Jaguars 'slogan, "Keep choppin' wood", however, was negatively affected when punter Chris Hanson injured his leg while chopping wood on an ax.) When he returned to Tampa after winning Super Bowl XXXVII, he led a crowd at Raymond James Stadium singing this phrase. However, it seemed to have faded from memory the following year and was not actively marketed or displayed on the stadium's video boards.

When the former general manager of the Raiders, Bruce Allen, joined the Buccaneers in 2004, Gruden finally had the partnership between general manager and head coach he wanted. While the salary cap continued to plague the team (which spent the lowest money in the league between 2004 and 2009), the 2004 and 2005 drafts produced some formidable players, including Carnell "Cadillac" Williams, winner of the 2005 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year .

There was also a return to the playoffs in 2005 as the Buccaneers struck a surprising 11-5 despite losing starting quarterback Brian Griese and some controversial coaching decisions, including a two-point conversion in the final seconds to defeat the Washington Redskins . Set a record. The Redskins would later return to Tampa Bay, eliminating the Buccaneers from the wildcard round of the playoffs.

In 2006, Gruden led the Buccaneers to a poor 4-12 season that was his worst record as head coach. The 2006 season marked the first time since 1991 that a Tampa Bay team hasn't won more than four games.

In an interview with Ira Kaufman of The Tampa Tribune on March 28, 2007, Buccaneers Executive Vice President Joel Glazer discussed the state of the Buccaneers. During the interview, Joel Glazer defended Gruden's performance, citing lost draft picks, injuries and issues with the salary cap. However, he also said, "Mediocrity will never be standard for the Buccaneers, but we have to move on."

In 2007, the team finally broke salary restrictions and united Gruden with a mobile West Coast quarterback, former Pro Bowler and Gray Cup winner Jeff Garcia . The Buccaneers returned to the playoffs in 2007 with a 9-7 record, including five division wins (after sparing the starters for the last two games). This despite serious injuries that several players suffered at the end of the season. Despite these adversities, Gruden said: "The future here is so bright that I have to wear sunglasses."

In 2008 Gruden was rewarded with a contract extension until the 2011 season. On November 30th, Gruden celebrated his 100th career win against the New Orleans Saints . In December, the Buccaneers were well on their way to making the playoffs, taking a week off and taking a home advantage. However, the Buccaneers were without a win in December, not least due to a defensive collapse, in which the team conceded an average of 30.75 points per game. On December 28, the Buccaneers were excluded from the playoffs by the Oakland Raiders, the team from which Gruden went to Tampa Bay. The Buccaneers ended the season with four straight defeats, and Gruden was fired from the Buccaneers on January 16, 2009 after seven seasons with the team.

Career to Tampa Bay

In May 2010, Gruden became a volunteer assistant offensive coach at Carrollwood Day School in Tampa, Florida. Shortly after his release from Tampa Bay, Gruden founded the Fired Football Coaches Association. The organization (a "football think tank") was headquartered in a rented office in a Tampa mall. It was known that the FFCA collected a large amount of feature and player films as well as feature books. Von Gruden was known to have his own fixtures, which he kept up to date over the years in which he was not actively training. Many coaches like Chip Kelly, Urban Meyer , Jim Haslett, Rick Venturi, Sean McVay , Greg Schiano , Monte Kiffin and many players came to the facility to watch recordings and speak to Gruden. Gruden closed the FFCA when he returned to coaching in 2018, relocating the feature and player films to Oakland along with the other information he had there.

Oakland / Las Vegas Raiders

After nine years as a coach in the NFL, the Raiders announced the return of Gruden as head coach on January 6, 2018. Gruden signed a 10-year $ 100 million deal, one of the largest deals in league history, which also includes a no-trade clause. This closed the gap through which the Raiders sold him to the Buccaneers for draft picks and cash. Gruden actually returned six years after Raiders owner Mark Davis tried to lure him back to the Raiders. Gruden said he came back because he had to compete. "I'm tired of sitting in a dark room and looking at the tape myself," says Gruden. "I took rumba dance classes; it didn't last - I wasn't good. I bought a boat; I've never used it. Live on a golf course; I never play. I'd go to the FFCA early and next I know that it is 10:30 am. I think pig. I'm wasting my time. I have to compete. " His first steps included signing several veterans, Kolton Miller's draft in the first round of the 2018 draft, and trading with Khalil Mack for first-round picks in 2019 and 2020, and later trading with Amari Cooper for a first-round -Pick the Dallas Cowboys. In the first year there was a 4-12 balance with the team. The following year, Gruden led the Raiders to a 6-4 record due to a strong rookie class. After many key injured players, the Raiders finished their final season in Oakland 5-1 and 7-9 overall.

Broadcasting career

In May 2009 Gruden was hired by ESPN as an expert for the broadcasts of Monday Night Football , replacing Tony Kornheiser. He also worked as an analyst for coverage by ESPN about the NFL Draft and postseason games in college football and commented on the Rose Bowl in 2010 and the BCS National Championship Game 2010 on ESPN Radio and the Outback Bowl 2011 Orange Bowl 2011 on ESPN. In the spring of 2012, Gruden was the focus of the Jon Gruden's QB Camp series , where he went through the NFL development process with potential quarterback NFL draftees, including Andrew Luck and Robert Griffin III , where he occasionally talks about it, where he occasionally talks about it what he thinks is the best play in football (a play-action pass called "Spider 2 Y-Banana" where the fullback runs a flat route and is the main target). During Monday Night Football, Gruden presented a weekly award called "Gruden Grinder" to the best player of the game that week.

He signed a contract extension with ESPN from September 2012, which extended his tenure at the station for a further five years. On December 15, 2014, Gruden and ESPN agreed on a contract extension until 2021, but allowed an exit if he wanted to return to coaching. The deal made Gruden the highest paid employee at ESPN. After deciding to return to coaching with the Raiders for the 2018 NFL season, the 2017 AFC Wild Card game between the Tennessee Titans and the Kansas City Chiefs was his last game for ESPN.

Statistics as a head coach

team year Regular season Playoffs
Victories Defeats draw Wins in% Result Victories Defeats Wins in% Result
Oakland Raiders 1998 8th 8th 0 50 3. the AFC West - - - -
Oakland Raiders 1999 8th 8th 0 50 4. the AFC West - - - -
Oakland Raiders 2000 12 4th 0 75 1. the AFC West 1 1 50 Loss to the Baltimore Ravens in the AFC Championship Game
Oakland Raiders 2001 10 6th 0 62.5 1. the AFC West 1 1 50 Lost to the New England Patriots in the AFC Divisional Game
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2002 12 4th 0 75 1. the NFC South 3 0 100 Super Bowl XXXVII winner
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2003 7th 9 0 43.8 3. the NFC South - - - -
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2004 5 11 0 31.4 4. the NFC South - - - -
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2005 11 5 0 68.8 1. the NFC South 0 1 0 Loss to the Washington Redskins in the NFC wild card game
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2006 4th 12 0 25th 4. the NFC South - - - -
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2007 9 7th 0 56.3 1. the NFC South 0 1 0 Loss to the New York Giants in the NFC wild card game
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2008 9 7th 0 56.3 4. the NFC South - - - -
Tampa Bay overall 57 55 0 50.9 3 2 60
Oakland Raiders 2018 4th 12 0 25th 4. the AFC West - - - -
Oakland Raiders 2019 7th 9 0 43.8 3. the AFC West - - - -
Oakland overall 49 47 0 51 2 2 50
total 106 102 0 51 5 4th 55.6
Source: pro-football-reference.com

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ Famous Catholics. Retrieved February 20, 2020 .
  3. ↑ a b c Scout.com. March 29, 2014, accessed February 20, 2020 .
  4. ↑ The Pittsburgh Press - Google News archive search. Retrieved February 21, 2020 .
  5. ↑ a b ESPN.com: NFL - Tampa stunner: Bucs, Gruden strike deal. Retrieved March 6, 2020 .
  6. ^ Moneyball, NFL style. NFL June 26, 2009 archived from the original on June 27, 209 ; accessed on March 6, 2020 .
  7. ↑ Glazer: Mediocrity Will Not Be Accepted Around Here. April 3, 2007, accessed March 6, 2020 .
  8. ^ Separation of powers is the key to long-term growth | Sporting News,… July 8, 2012, accessed March 6, 2020 .
  9. ↑ Bucs Fire Jon Gruden, Bruce Allen. In: TBO.com. February 3, 2013, accessed March 6, 2020 .
  10. ^ Jon Gruden fired as Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach - OrlandoSentinel.com. January 20, 2009, accessed March 6, 2020 .
  11. ^ Jon Gruden to coach high school football at Carrollwood Day - MaxPreps. Retrieved March 6, 2020 .
  12. ↑ Chris Bumbaca: Raiders coach Jon Gruden on brother Jay's firing from Redskins: 'Welcome to the club, bro'. In: USA Today . December 16, 2019, accessed March 21, 2020 .
  13. ^ Dan Pompei: Inside Jon Gruden's 'Maniacal' Obsession with Football. Retrieved March 6, 2020 .
  14. ↑ Exclusive Q&A with Raiders' Jon Gruden: His first 30 days in office. In: The Mercury News. February 14, 2018, accessed March 6, 2020 (American English).
  15. ^ Raiders officially name Gruden new head coach. January 7, 2018, accessed March 6, 2020 .
  16. ↑ Raiders owner on Jon Gruden hire: It's 'a big f-ing deal'. Retrieved March 6, 2020 .
  17. ^ Josh Peter: Solving the mystery of why Jon Gruden returned to coaching. Retrieved March 6, 2020 (American English).
  18. ^ SL Price: Jon Gruden in Oakland: Ready to Grind. Retrieved March 6, 2020 (American English).
  19. ↑ Gruden in, Kornheiser out on MNF. In: Sports Illustrated . May 18, 2009, archived from the original on May 21, 2009 ; accessed on March 7, 2020 .
  20. ↑ Gruden agrees to five-year extension with ESPN. October 17, 2011, accessed March 7, 2020 .
  21. ↑ Gruden signs ESPN extension through 2021. December 16, 2014, accessed on March 7, 2020 (English).
  22. ↑ Jon Gruden revealed as the highest paid ESPN personality. In: Awful Announcing. September 29, 2015, Retrieved March 7, 2020 (American English).
  23. ^ Jon Gruden Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks. Retrieved February 20, 2020 .
Super Bowl Winning Head Coaches

I Vince Lombardi  | II Vince Lombardi (2) | III Weeb Ewbank  | IV Hank Stram  | V Don McCafferty  | VI Tom Landry  | VII Don Shula  | VIII Don Shula (2) | IX Chuck Noll  | X Chuck Noll (2) | XI John Madden  | XII Tom Landry (2) | XIII Chuck Noll (3) | XIV Chuck Noll (4) | XV Tom Flores  | XVI Bill Walsh  | XVII Joe Gibbs  | XVIII Tom Flores (2) | XIX Bill Walsh (2) | XX Mike Ditka  | XXI Bill Parcells  | XXII Joe Gibbs (2) | XXIII Bill Walsh (3) | XXIV George Seifert  | XXV Bill Parcells (2) | XXVI Joe Gibbs (3) | XXVII Jimmy Johnson  | XXVIII Jimmy Johnson (2) | XXIX George Seifert (2) | XXX Barry Switzer  | XXXI Mike Holmgren  | XXXII Mike Shanahan  | XXXIII Mike Shanahan (2) | XXXIV Dick Vermeil  | XXXV Brian Billick  | XXXVI Bill Belichick  | XXXVII Jon Gruden  | XXXVIII Bill Belichick (2) | XXXIX Bill Belichick (3) | XL Bill Cowher  | XLI Tony Dungy  | XLII Tom Coughlin  | XLIII Mike Tomlin  | XLIV Sean Payton  | XLV Mike McCarthy  | XLVI Tom Coughlin (2) | XLVII John Harbaugh  | XLVIII Pete Carroll  | XLIX Bill Belichick (4) | 50 Gary Kubiak  | LI Bill Belichick (5) | LII Doug Pederson  | LIII Bill Belichick (6) | LIV Andy Reid

Head coaches of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers


John McKay (1976-1984) | Leeman Bennett (1985-1986) | Ray Perkins (1987-1990) | Richard Williamson (1990-1991) | Sam Wyche (1992-1995) | Tony Dungy (1996-2001) | Jon Gruden (2002-2008) | Raheem Morris (2009-2011) | Greg Schiano (2012-2013) | Lovie Smith (2014-2015) | Dirk Koetter (2016–2018) | Bruce Arians (2019-)

personal data
SURNAME Gruden, Jon
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gruden, Jon David (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American football coach
DATE OF BIRTH 17th August 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Sandusky , Ohio , United States