Jon Gruden favors coaching return, hopes for position in country’s toughest conference: ‘I’d die to coach in the SEC’

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Former NFL coach and college assistant Jon Gruden, one of the biggest personalities in the sport, sounds like he isn’t quite done with coaching.

Gruden, who has been working in an absolutely incredible media role for the last year with Barstool Sports, is dying to get back onto the sidelines. In his most recent YouTube video, the fiery former coach visited the facilities of both the Jacksonville Jaguars and the Georgia Bulldogs to speak to the teams. While addressing the players at Georgia, Gruden expressed a high level of interest in coaching again, and more specifically within the SEC.

“The only reason I really came here is because I want to coach again,” Gruden told the Bulldog players. “I’m being honest with you. I do not bullsh** either. I want to coach again. I’d die to coach in the SEC. I would love it. I would f***ing love it. I’ll tell you guys this… what I know about the SEC is it’s getting harder. The SEC is getting harder. They tell me Texas is in the SEC. They tell me Oklahoma is in the SEC. G**damn!”

Gruden’s first coaching job fittingly came within the SEC, serving as a graduate assistant at Tennessee in the 1980s. Getting back onto the field and doing it for a program in the conference would not only be an epic full-circle moment for Gruden, but would also give the SEC yet another phenomenal personality in terms of its head coaches.

Michael Brauner is a Senior Sports Analyst and Contributing Writer for Yellowhammer News. You can follow him on Twitter @MBraunerWNSP and hear him every weekday morning from 6 to 9 a.m. on “The Opening Kickoff” on WNSP-FM 105.5, available free online.