It’s been just over two years since Jon Gruden resigned from his position as head coach of the Las Vegas Raiders following his email scandal.
Now, it sounds like the former Super Bowl-winning head coach could be of interest to a notable NCAA football program with an open vacancy.
On Sunday, the Indiana Hoosiers fired head coach Tom Allen after eight years on the job. The Hoosiers (3-9) have now recorded three straight losing seasons, with Allen going a disappointing 33-49-0 as their head coach.
According to a report from Bruce Feldman of The Athletic, Gruden is “a major wild card candidate” for the Hoosiers’ head coach vacancy:
“One major wild card candidate that could get involved in the search is former NFL coach Jon Gruden. Gruden, who won a Super Bowl with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at 39, won 117 total games as an NFL head coach, but resigned as the Las Vegas Raiders coach in 2021 after an NFL investigation uncovered emails Gruden sent from 2011 to 2018 that used racist, misogynistic and homophobic language.”
Gruden coached the Oakland (now Las Vegas) Raiders from 1998 to 2001 before getting traded to the Buccaneers. “Chucky” led the Bucs to a Super Bowl 37 title in his first year with Tampa Bay, whom he coached from 2002 to 2008.
After a decade away from the sidelines, Gruden returned to coach the Raiders in 2018 on a 10-year deal. He resigned in the midst of the 2021 season.
