Jon Gruden back in professional football, joins Arena Football One League team's ownership group

Jon Gruden is backmost successful nonrecreational football, but it’s not with the NFL. 

The erstwhile caput manager volition beryllium joining the Nashville Kats successful the Arena Football One League arsenic a part-owner. 

Gruden won’t beryllium a caput coach, but alternatively the squad said helium volition beryllium successful "consulting and advisory roles successful each aspects of the team's shot and concern operations."

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Aug 29, 2021; Santa Clara, California, USA; Las Vegas Raiders caput manager Jon Gruden walks onto the tract earlier the commencement of the crippled against the San Francisco 49ers astatine Levi's Stadium. (Cary Edmondson-USA TODAY Sports)

Gruden joins an ownership radical that includes erstwhile Tennessee Titans and Los Angeles Rams caput manager Jeff Fisher, who besides serves arsenic the league’s commissioner and Kats president.

"I person been a instrumentality of indoor shot for a agelong clip and jumped astatine the accidental to beryllium progressive with Jeff and the Nashville Kats arsenic portion of the ownership group," Gruden said successful a statement. "I person truthful overmuch respect for what Jeff has done implicit his vocation and continues to bash with the Nashville Kats and arsenic commissioner of AF1. I'm excited to beryllium portion of the team."

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Gruden has not been progressive with immoderate nonrecreational shot squad astatine immoderate level since helium resigned arsenic the Las Vegas Raiders’ caput manager during the 2021 season. The resignation came aft damning emails helium sent anterior to being hired by the franchise, which included anti-gay, racist and misogynistic comments. 

The 61-year-old held an advisory relation with the New Orleans Saints successful 2023, though helium wasn’t an authoritative portion of the staff. 

Head manager John Gruden of the Las Vegas Raiders reacts earlier a crippled against the Chicago Bears astatine Allegiant Stadium connected October 10, 2021 successful Las Vegas, Nevada. (Jeff Bottari/Getty Images)

He did record a suit against the NFL for declaration interference and conspiracy, but a three-justice sheet successful Nevada Supreme Court sided 2-1 with the NFL. Gruden appealed the determination and it volition beryllium reviewed by a seven-person tribunal astatine a aboriginal date. 

While Gruden is good known for his clip successful the NFL, his younger brother, Jay, has won 4 Arena Football League titles arsenic a subordinate and 2 arsenic a manager earlier helium jumped into the NFL. 

Since his resignation, Gruden has stayed connected with the NFL, astir precocious joining Barstool Sports to supply his expertise for the sports media company. 

Las Vegas Raiders caput manager Jon Gruden reacts against the Baltimore Ravens during the 2nd fractional astatine Allegiant Stadium.  (Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports)

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But present Gruden gets to beryllium a portion of the crippled astatine a existent nonrecreational capableness erstwhile again. 

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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