Jon Gruden out as Las Vegas Raiders head coach, per reports
Jon Gruden is out as head coach of the Las Vegas Raiders. According to reports from ESPN’s Adam Schefter and NFL Media’s Tom Pelissero, Gruden met with Raiders own Mark Davis and has informed the team he will resign as head coach.
Raiders owner Mark Davis arrived at the team’s facility a couple of hours ago and went to find Jon Gruden, per source. The two men met. And Gruden no longer will be the Raiders’ head coach.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) October 12, 2021
Breaking: Jon Gruden has informed the team that he plans to resign as head coach of the Raiders.
(via @TomPelissero) pic.twitter.com/p2ayd6taaz
— FOX Sports: NFL (@NFLonFOX) October 12, 2021
Gruden has been in the news lately for remarks he made in emails that have been uncovered by the Wall Street Journal and The New York Times.
Jon Gruden, head coach of the Las Vegas Raiders, used a racist trope when describing the top NFL players’ executive in a 2011 email https://t.co/FYHLHqrOsY
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) October 8, 2021
A trove of emails reviewed by The New York Times show Raiders Coach Jon Gruden went beyond previously disclosed racist comments to issue broad tirades against gay people, women and concussion safety in the NFL. https://t.co/KXWIUg9DhU
— NYT Sports (@NYTSports) October 12, 2021
