Meet Head Coach Jay Gruden

• Jay Gruden born March 4, 1967 (age 46)
• Gruden attended George D. Chamberlain High School in Tampa, Florida, where he played quarterback for the Chiefs under head coach Billy Turner.
• Gruden was a four-year letterman at Louisville (1985–1988)
• As a senior QB, Gruden led the team to an 8–3 record, their first winning season in 10 years.
• Gruden went undrafted in 1989 and signed with the Barcelona Dragoons in the UFL
• Gruden won four ArenaBowl titles as the starting quarterback of the Tampa Bay Storm in the Arena Football League. He was named the league's MVP in 1992
• Gruden began his coaching career as the offensive coordinator for the AFL's Nashville Kats in 1997. In 1998, he became head coach of the Orlando Predators, the main rival of the Storm. With Orlando, he won ArenaBowl titles in 1998 and 2000. He un-retired and resumed playing in 2002, this time for the Predators, but retired again and returned to head coaching when his replacement,Fran Papasedero, died after the 2003 season. Gruden has an overall AFL head coaching record of 93–61, including a mark of 11–7 in the playoffs.
• From 2002 to 2008 he served as an offensive assistant for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the National Football League under his brother, head coach Jon Gruden, earning a Super Bowl ring for the Bucs' win in Super Bowl XXXVII.^[6][7] He left the team after his brother was fired following the 2008 season.
• On February 20, 2010, Gruden was named head coach of the Tuskers following Haslett's departure to join Mike Shanahan's staff with the NFL's Washington Redskins
• On February 3, 2011, Gruden was hired as the offensive coordinator for the Cincinnati Bengals.^[9][10] On January 13, 2012, Gruden signed a three-year extension with the Bengals at the position,^[11]even after being asked to interview for at least three NFL head coaching jobs (with the Jacksonville Jaguars, St. Louis Rams, and later turning down the Indianapolis Colts).^[
• Gruden's father, Jim, a long-time college and NFL assistant coach, is a retired regional scout for the San Francisco 49ers. His brother Jon was the head coach of the Oakland Raiders and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and is now a Monday Night Football analyst for ESPN. He has several boys and a wife.