Sunshine State of Mind

Nothing but blue skies for American Football Monthly\'s 2002 NFL Coach of the Year
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With a 48-21 victory over his former team, the Oakland Raiders, in Super Bowl XXXVII, Jon Gruden, 39, became the youngest coach in NFL history to win a Super Bowl as he guided Tampa Bay to its first world title in franchise history. Gruden was also the first non-rookie head coach to lead his team to the Super Bowl in his first season with a new team.

In fact, Gruden has accomplished a lot for a man that is keeping a firm grasp as the youngest head coach in the NFL. Gruden, who first took the helm in Oakland in 1998, ended his four-year relationship with Al Davis and the Raiders for a move to Tampa Bay, which resulted in a Super Bowl-winning campaign in just his first year with the Bucs.

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