Jon Gruden's love of football stems from a resume that boasts an impressive 15 years as a NFL head coach, highlighted by a Super Bowl XXXVII victory with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers following the 2002 season. At the time, Gruden was the youngest Super Bowl winning head coach at age 39. 

Gruden's coaching success is highlighted by 122 career victories, five playoff appearances, five division titles, six seasons of nine or more wins, and of course the Super Bowl XXXVII championship.

His head coaching career started with the Oakland Raiders in 1998 as the youngest head coach in the NFL at age 34, followed by seven years with Tampa Bay (2002-2008).  Gruden posted a 38-26 record in four seasons in Oakland (1998-2001) and led the Raiders to back-to-back division titles in 2000 and 2001, marking the first time since 1982-83 that the Raiders won consecutive AFC West crowns. Under Gruden, the Raiders hosted the AFC Championship Game after the 2000 season and advanced to the AFC Divisional Playoffs in 2001, while ranking among the league's top-10 offenses in his final three campaigns in Oakland.

From 2009-2017, Gruden moved into the broadcast booth as an ESPN NFL analyst, earning seven Sports Emmy nominations. In addition to Monday Night Football, Gruden was part of ESPN's annual NFL Draft coverage and his Gruden's QB Camp series became one of the network's most anticipated programs each year. He returned to the sidelines with the Raiders as head coach again in 2018.

Gruden has made a tremendous impact on the careers of hundreds of coaches and players, including current NFL head coaches Brian Callahan, Sean McVay, Raheem Morris, Kyle Shanahan and Mike Tomlin. All but Callahan began their NFL careers under Gruden, and McVay and Tomlin are fellow Super Bowl winners.

His coaching success has also seen seven players he tutored as a head coach enshrined into the Pro Football Hall of Fame: Jerry Rice (2010), Warren Sapp (2013), Derrick Brooks (2014), Tim Brown (2015), John Lynch (2021), Charles Woodson (2021) and Ronde Barber (2023). As a head coach, he has seen 28 different players combine for 46 Pro Bowl selections. He has also coached recipients of the Associated Press' Defensive Rookie of the Year (Charles Woodson – 1998), Defensive Player of the Year (Derrick Brooks – 2002) and Offensive Rookie of the Year (Carnell "Cadillac" Williams – 2005) Awards. In addition, Rich Gannon was tabbed for the Maxwell Club's Bert Bell Award as the league's Most Valuable Player in 2000.

Prior to beginning his initial tenure in Oakland, Gruden was a seven-year NFL assistant, helping his teams qualify for the playoffs five times. Gruden spent three seasons (1995-97) as offensive coordinator for the Philadelphia Eagles and for three years at Green Bay from 1992-94. He served as an offensive assistant to head coach Mike Holmgren in 1992 and spent the 1993 and 1994 seasons as Green Bay's wide receivers coach. Gruden worked as offensive assistant to head coach George Seifert with the San Francisco 49ers in 1990, also assisting then-offensive coordinator Holmgren and helping the 49ers to a 14-2 record and an NFC Championship Game appearance.

Gruden served five years in the college ranks, spending the 1991 season as wide receivers coach under Paul Hackett at the University of Pittsburgh after coaching wide receivers at University of Pacific in 1989 and logging a stint as passing game coordinator at Southeast Missouri State in 1988. He entered the coaching profession as a graduate assistant at the University of Tennessee in 1986 and 1987, helping the Volunteers to a 17-7-1 record and victories in the Liberty and Peach Bowls.    

Born in Sandusky, Ohio, Gruden attended South Bend (Ind.) Clay High School and was a three-year letterman at quarterback at the University of Dayton, graduating in 1985 with a degree in Communications. He was honored with the prestigious Lt. Andy Zulli Memorial Award, given to the senior player who best exemplifies the qualities of sportsmanship and character. 

Gruden and wife Cindy are the proud parents of sons Deuce, Michael and Jayson. Heavily involved in the community, Jon and Cindy have worked with countless charity organizations, including the American Red Cross, the Humane Society of Tampa Bay and the Muscular Dystrophy Association.

Over the years, Gruden has conducted regular film study at his Tampa office -  affectionately named the FFCA (Fired Football Coaches Association), welcoming high school, college and professional coaches to discuss football strategy, philosophy and to review game film. Gruden has worked to raise awareness about youth sports funding through the FFCA, hosting events that recognize the work of local high school coaches and presenting deserving programs with grant support and equipment.