Regardless of suing the NFL and Commissioner Roger Goodell, former Las Vegas Raiders head coach Jon Gruden has spent a good period of time on an NFL sideline over the past two seasons.
He’s popped up on the New Orleans Saints and Kansas Metropolis Chiefs’ mini-camp and coaching camp, and it’s clear Gruden nonetheless desires to teach someplace within the not-too-distant future.
However his subsequent break might come earlier than anticipated, solely it might be exterior of the NFL.
In a current interview with CBS Sports activities — his solely interview since resigning from the Raiders in 2021 — Gruden admitted that he’s open to any head-coaching prospects that will come his means, together with within the faculty ranks.
“Yeah, I am concerned about teaching,” Gruden said. “My dad was a university coach, I used to be a university coach at Pitt, my spouse was a cheerleader at Tennessee after I met her. Hell yeah, I am concerned about teaching. I do know I might help a crew, I do know I might help younger gamers get higher, and I do know I can rent a very good workers, and that is the one factor I can assure. However yeah, I am very concerned about teaching at any stage, interval.”
CBS Sports activities spoke with just a few athletic administrators to gauge whether or not or not Gruden can be welcomed again as a coach. The consensus gave the impression to be that it is perhaps — relying on the varsity and the state of affairs.
One AD within the SEC labeled Gruden as “untouchable” whereas others at lower-level faculties gave the impression to be extra open to the thought of presumably hiring him.
“If I used to be available in the market proper now, would I interview Jon Gruden? Yeah, in all probability,” a Group of 5 AD mentioned. “There’d be no purpose to not. Now, if I used to be at Florida, no, I am not doing that. It isn’t the fitting match, proper time. Numerous that will depend on the fitting job. One of many issues with a Group of 5 [school] is you possibly can take a extra calculated danger.”
Gruden’s popularity within the teaching world was primarily given a dying penalty after a collection of leaked emails by means of the New York Times uncovered him for utilizing misogynistic, racist and anti-LGBTQ+ language between 2011-18 when he labored as an analyst for ESPN.
