what happened to john gruden

Jon Gruden resigned as head coach of the Las Vegas Raiders in October 2021 after emails surfaced showing racist, misogynistic, and homophobic language. Since then, he has been involved in a long legal fight with the NFL, and recent reports say that case was still active in late 2025.

What happened

• He stepped down after the email scandal became public in 2021.

• The emails led to major backlash because of the offensive language they contained.

• Gruden then sued the NFL and Commissioner Roger Goodell, claiming the leak was part of a campaign to damage his career.

• More recent coverage says he has remained visible in football circles and has also worked in media, including Barstool Sports.

Current picture

The short version is: he did not disappear, but his NFL coaching career was derailed by the emails and the fallout is still playing out in court. There has also been ongoing speculation about a comeback, but no confirmed return to an NFL head-coaching job.

Quick scoop

If you meant “why is Jon Gruden out of coaching,” it was the email scandal and the resignation that followed. If you want, I can also give you a 5-line timeline of the whole Gruden story.