In 2009, Jon Gruden became the color analyst of Monday Night Football. Ever since then, it seems, we’ve been hearing speculation about Gruden’s potential return to the sidelines. While Gruden says he’s happy in his current role, he’s not exactly dismissing talk that he could eventually coach again.
“I haven’t talked to anybody,” Gruden said on ESPN Radio’s “Mike & Mike” (transcript via Pro Football Talk). “All I really have in my life is my family and football. That’s about it. I’m real sensitive to the coaches that are out there coaching, so I don’t speculate. I just love football. I’m trying to hang onto the job I have. I’m very fortunate to be with the people I’m with. I don’t know what’s gonna happen in the future. I just know this: I’m gonna continue to give my best effort to the game, stay prepared, and I love Monday Night Football and don’t plan on leaving but, as you know in life, you never say never to nothing.”
The 3-6 Buccaneers could be looking to make a change this offseason and there has been chatter about a reunion with Gruden. There are also some high-profile coaching vacancies in the college ranks, including the University of Tennessee.
Looking around the NFL, there are at least ten teams that could be in search of new coaches after the season is over. Gruden figures to receive calls from a few of those clubs and it sounds like he’ll be keeping an open mind, at minimum.
Giants?
I don’t think Mara would hire a guy like him.
COME BACK COACH
Gruden as such a polarizing face being on natl tv all the time would be a big draw for college kids if he takes that route. Like Harbaugh and Michigan it wouldn’t take much time for him to turn a program around
It would depend on the program. If he went to Florida, I could see him turning things around because of the wealth of in-state talent, but if he went to Nebraska and had to go to every corner of the nation to put together a team?
He already said no to ncaa because he has zero interest in recruiting.
Should take over the Colts if they finally jettison dead weight Pagano, three years too late.
Jim Irsay would love the splash move and Gruden would love to coach Luck, but I’m not sure if Gruden wants to work that long putting it all together.
Give Pom poms to Garrett so he can continue to cheerlead and let gruden coach cowboys
I will point you to the man with the flip phone in the luxury box for the man who really coaches the team…
Raiders could use a head coach.
Raiders need Carr to stay healthy.
BEARS
The McCaskeys would never pay even half of what it would cost to get him.
I also won’t rule out an nfl career myself…..I could throw a football over a mountain. If only coach would have put me in…would have won state, I would have gone pro….
Denver.
Back to the bucs
Hopefully he goes to the Bucs so I no longer have to worry about seeing him on national TV very often.