News - Jon Gruden
ORLANDO, Fla., Feb. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- At a press conference today at Rosen Shingle Creek, UFL Commissioner Michael Huyghue announced Jay Gruden as Head Coach of the Florida Tuskers. Gruden previously served as Offensive Coordinator for the Tuskers.
Former Tampa Bay Coach Jon Gruden will replace Tony Kornheiser as the third man in the broadcast booth for ESPN's Monday Night Football.
The Oakland Raiders officially made interim coach Tom Cable the 17th head man during a formal news conference late Wednesday afternoon. Cable, 44, was named the Raiders' offensive line coach in 2007 before he succeeded the fired Lane Kiffin last September 30, and will be Oakland's fifth full-time coach since Jon Gruden left the team following the 2001 season. I'm honored to have the privilege and the responsibility to be the head coach of the Oakland Raiders, he said.
Tampa Bay defensive coordinator Raheem Morris was promoted to head coach Saturday, replacing the fired Jon Gruden. The Bucs also announced Mark Dominik was hired as general manager, succeeding Bruce Allen. The announcement came a day after Gruden and Allen were let go. Morris, who is 32, started last season as defensive backs coach and was elevated to defensive coordinator when Monte Kiffin left the team for a position at the University of Tennessee. In anything with change, you have questions, but I think the one thing that Coach Morris will bring to the table is energy, everybody being on the same page at the same time, from top to bottom, Pro Bowl linebacker Derrick Brooks said. Dominik has been the team's pro personnel director since 2001. Gruden joined the Bucs in 2002 and led them to the Super Bowl championship that season.
Jon Gruden, who coached Tampa Bay to a Super Bowl victory six years ago, was fired Friday by the Buccaneers, along with General Manager Bruce Allen. Gruden became the Bucs' coach in 2002, when he was 39.
