TABLE OF CONTENTS FINALLY CHAMPIONS 4 GROWING PAINS 8 FIRST SUCCESS 12 LEAN YEARS 16 GOLDEN ERA 20 GRUDEN AND BEYOND 24 Timeline 30 Glossary 31 Index About the Author 32
FINALLY CHAMPIONS It could have been called the Pirate Bowl The Tampa Bay Buccaneers faced the Oakland Raiders in the Super Bowl The Bucs had the league's best defense in the 2002 season The Raiders had the best offense Something had to give FAST FACT Buccaneers coach Jon Gruden faced his old team in this Super Bowl He coached the Raiders from 1998 to 2001
Jon Gruden was just 39 years old when he coached the Buccaneers to the Super Bowl
