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Jon David Gruden is a former American professional football coach who was a head coach in the National Football League (NFL) for 15 seasons. He currently is a consultant for the New Orleans Saints. He held his first head coaching position with the Raiders franchise during their Oakland tenure from 1998 to 2001, where he won two consecutive division titles and made an AFC Championship Game appearance. Gruden was traded to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2002, which he led to their first Super Bowl title in Super Bowl XXXVII the same season. At age 39, he was the then-youngest head coach to win the Super Bowl. He served as Tampa Bay's head coach through 2008, setting the franchise record for wins, but made only two further playoff runs. After his firing from the Buccaneers, Gruden was featured as an analyst for ESPN's Monday Night Football broadcasts from the 2009 to the 2017 seasons.
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Charles Joseph Wilson II is a former professional American football wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL). He played for six seasons for the Green Bay Packers (1990–1991), the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1992–1994), and the New York Jets (1995). Wilson also played for the Tampa Bay Storm of the Arena Football League (AFL). He was drafted by the Packers in the fifth round of the 1990 NFL Draft.
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