Playbill

September, 2003

The Super Bowl rings on the fingers of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are proof that coaching really does matter. The win vindicated the Bucs' decision to bet the farm on the notoriously intense Jon Gruden--who took them all the way in his first season, culminating in one of the great grudge-match Super Bowls of all time. Kevin Cook, who tackles the NFL's youngest coach in this month's Playboy Interview, says it's Gruden's brain, not his bluster (or his famous Chucky faces), that makes him a winner. &...