After a season in which they were arguably working for their jobs, coach Jon Gruden and G.M. Bruce Allen have received three-year extensions from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
The deals put them each under contract through 2011.
Per Adam Schefter of NFL Network, Gruden’s contract makes him one of the five highest-paid coaches in the league, joining Mike Holmgren of the Seahawks, Bill Belichick of the Patriots, Jeff Fisher of the Titans, and Mike Shanahan of the Broncos.
Gruden has been the head coach of the Buccaneers since 2002. The Bucs won the Super Bowl in his first year on the job, making them the only NFC team to win an NFL title this decade. (Okay, the Rams technically won the Super Bowl in early 2000, but it was the 1999 NFL championship.)
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