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The legend of the NFL Brett Favre approved Jon Gruden to become the next head coach of the Arkansas Razorbacks on Monday while the program is looking for a replacement for Sam Pittman.
The Arkansas dismissed Pittman on Sunday after the team of the team team against Notre Dame.
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Jon Gruden watches to train during the training camp at the Meijer Performance Center in Allen Park on Monday July 28, 2025. (Junfu Han / USA Today Network via Imagn Images)
“I have always said that Jon Gruden is one of the most sharp minds in football,” wrote Favre in an article on X. “His energy, his passion and his love for the game are perfect for the dry …
“It would not be surprised to see him land somewhere like Arkansas. I could see Gruden being a spark for this program.”
SEC training is something that would be interested in Gruden – and he expressed it as much.
“The only reason I really came here [Georgia] This is because I want to train again, “said Gruden in a video in August.” I am honest with you. I don’t do any bulls either. I still want to train. I would die to train in the dry.
“I would love it. I would love I would like it.
Las Vegas Raiders’ head coach Jon Gruden looks at the Pittsburgh Steelers in the second quarter in Heinz Field on September 19, 2021. (Charles Leclaire / USA TODAY SPORTS)
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Gruden recently revealed that he “works hard to perhaps get one more blow”.
“I hope I’m not finished. I’m about to make a comeback …” he said. “I hope that some of these guys who have fallen from my branch, if you say it this way, they may be involved because I am looking for a job.
“I don’t care if I train at Jones Junior High. I’m going to train again. I’m still a coach. I’m not officially in a team, but I have private assignments I work on, and I wear equipment when I watch the games that nobody knows who I shoot.”
Gruden has been trained since a scandal by email sentenced his mandate with the Raiders of Las Vegas.
Arkansas Razorback head coach Sam Pittman reacts during the first quarter against the Mississippi rebels in Vaught-Hemingway Stadium on September 13, 2025. (Petre Thomas / Imagn images)
The Arkansas appointed Bobby Petrino the acting head coach after the dismissal of Pittman.
