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A video of Las Vegas Raiders strength and conditioning assistant coach Deuce Gruden, the son of former NFL head coach Jon Gruden, is going viral.
Deuce (real name Jon II) is one of three sons of Jon and Cindy Gruden, the others being Michael and Jayson. Deuce Gruden is a competitive powerlifter who won a gold medal at the 2017 International Powerlifting Federation’s World Classic Powerlifting Championships.
His background in powerlifting alone should tell Raiders players they’re in good hands with his strength and conditioning expertise. And if you are skeptical, look at this shot of Deuce roaming the sidelines, and try telling us he doesn’t look like somebody who’s about to suit up for the Black and Silver:
𝗧𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚: Jon Gruden's son, Deuce Gruden, has gone viral for his impressive physique while on the Raiders sidelines as he is the team's strength and conditioning coach.
Deuce is a former powerlifting champion 🤯🤯 pic.twitter.com/63mAXa2x6M
— Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) August 11, 2025
Deuce has been with the Raiders since 2018, the same year Jon Gruden returned to the NFL on a 10-year deal worth $100 million. After being fired by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Gruden put his coaching career on hiatus and served as a color commentator in ESPN’s “Monday Night Football” broadcast booth from 2009 to 2017.
Jon Gruden had been adamant for a while about not returning to coaching, but Mark Davis’ nine-figure offer was too much to pass up. Of course, Gruden’s second tenure with the Raiders was nothing short of a disappointment.
The Raiders went 4-12, 7-9, and 8-8 under Gruden, whose tenure was marred by the questionable Khalil Mack and Amari Cooper trades. Gruden resigned early in the 2021 season after old emails of him using homophobic, misogynistic and racist language were leaked.
Gruden sure looked like he was on a Hall of Fame trajectory during his first two coaching stints (1998 to 2001 with the Raiders and 2002 to ’08 with the Buccaneers). He led the Raiders to 12 and 10-win seasons in 2000 and 2001 before getting traded to the Bucs, whom he coached to a Super Bowl 37 championship in 2002.
