After another season without making the playoffs, the New Orleans Saints could be making a big splash this offseason with their coaching staff.
Members of the front office met with Jon Gruden and there is “mutual interest” in him joining the coaching staff, NOLA.com reported Monday.
Gruden reportedly met with Saints officials during the team’s Week 17 road trip to Tampa, where the coach has a home.
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Raiders head coach Jon Gruden walks off the field during halftime during a game against the Chicago Bears on Oct. 10, 2021, at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. (Heidi Fang/Las Vegas Review-Journal/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
The Saints even hosted Gruden for a team meeting the night before that game, according to the outlet.
Gruden coached Saints quarterback Derek Carr with the Raiders in both Oakland and Las Vegas, but resigned in 2021 in the fourth year of his 10-year pact after racist and misogynistic emails were leaked during a research on the Washington Commanders and their work culture.
Gruden is suing the NFLclaiming he leaked the emails to remove him from his job.
“I’m ashamed of what happens in these emails and I won’t make excuses. It’s embarrassing,” Gruden said in August 2022. “But I’m a good person. I believe it. I go to church.” “I’ve been married for 31 years. I have three fantastic kids. I still love football. I’ve made some mistakes, but I don’t think anyone here hasn’t. And I just apologize, and I hope I get another chance.”
Las Vegas Raiders head coach Jon Gruden talks with quarterback Derek Carr during a game against the Miami Dolphins at Allegiant Stadium on September 26, 2021 in Las Vegas. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
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Gruden also says there are “a lot of misunderstandings out there” and even said he finds it difficult to look at the network he used to work for.
“Heck, I worked at ESPN for nine years. I worked hard at that job,” he said. “I don’t even want to watch the channel anymore because I don’t think everything [they say] It’s true. I know a lot of this is just trying to get people to watch. But I think we have to get back to reality.”
Gruden coached the Raiders to the AFC championship game in 2000. In his first year as head coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, he won the 2003 Super Bowl over his former team.
Oakland Raiders head coach Jon Gruden against the Jacksonville Jaguars during the Raiders’ final game at the Oakland-Alameda Coliseum before moving to Las Vegas for the 2020 season. (Kirby Lee/USA Today Sports)
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He was added to the Bucs Ring of Honor in 2017, but was removed in 2021 amid scandal.
New Orleans went 9-8 this season in Carr’s first season under center, but the Bucs had the tiebreaker to win the NFC South.
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