Jon Gruden didn’t rule out becoming the next football coach at the University of Tennessee.
“I don’t know what’s going to happen in the future. I just know this. I’m going to continue to give my best effort to the game, stay prepared and I love ‘Monday Night Football.’ I don’t plan on leaving, but as you know in life, never say never to nothing,” Gruden said during a Wednesday appearance on ESPN.
The “Grumors” are now in full swing. He didn’t say yes to anything, but he certainly didn’t say no. Get me Gruden to Tennessee right now. I need him on a college sideline like I need air in my lungs.
TAMPA, UNITED STATES: Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ new Head Coach Jon Gruden celebrates as he is introduced at a press conference 20 Febuary 2002 in Tampa, Florida. At 38, Gruden is the youngest coach in the NFL and has agreed to a five-year 17.5 million USD deal. The deal includes the Oakland Raiders receiving Tampa Bay’s first and second round draft picks in April, a first round pick in 2003 and a second round pick in 2004, Also the Bucs will pay the Raiders 8 million USD over a three-year period. (Photo credit should read PETER MUHLY/AFP/Getty Images)
Get it done, Tennessee. Do it for the good of America.