Food 4 Flops Charity Poker Tournament-coming June 27th, 2009
The Food 4 Flops Poker Charity Poker has had great success raising food for the Second Harvest Food Bank. This is our 4th Tournament and we are ready to break the food total on the last 3 events. Winner of the first event was Bill Shrinker, Ceo of Hold'em Fold'em Poker, and the last 2 events were won by Jay Gruden, Coach of the Orlando Predators and brother of Jon who has just recently joined the Monday Night Football crew.
2 time Defending champ Jay Gruden's Bio
JAY GRUDEN Having served as a player and coach for the past 17 years in professional football, Jay Gruden begins his fifth season with Tampa Bay as an offensive assistant coach. His impressive list of accomplishments as both a player and coach include 16 seasons of service in the Arena Football League, where he has never missed the playoffs as a player or coach. In 2006, Gruden completed his third season in his second stint as head coach of the Orlando Predators.
In 2002, Gruden’s first season with the Buccaneers, he helped guide an offense that showed consistent improvement and proved vital in the club’s first NFL championship in Super Bowl XXXVII against Oakland. With Tampa Bay’s Super Bowl championship, he has been a member of seven championship teams as both a player (four) and a coach (three).
In seven seasons as head coach of the Orlando Predators (1998-2001, 2004-2006), Jay has led the team to four ArenaBowl appearances with two championships and ranks eighth all-time in AFL wins with a 74-43 record. He also ranks fourth all-time in playoff wins (12) and second in playoff winning percentage (.706). The first championship came in 1998 with a 62-31 win over Tampa Bay at ArenaBowl XII and the second, a 41-38 win over the Nashville Kats in 2000.
Elected to the AFL Hall of Fame in 1999, Gruden returned to the playing field three years later and led the Predators to the 2002 Southern Division Championship, throwing 68 touchdown passes in 14 games. In 10 games in 2003, Gruden passed for 49 touchdowns against only two interceptions and including the playoffs, finished the season 11-1 as a starter.
A three-year starter at Louisville (1985-1988) under head coach Howard Schnellenberger, Gruden set numerous passing records and earned team MVP recognition twice (1987 and 1988).
Gruden is the younger brother of Buccaneers head coach Jon Gruden and their father Jim, a former coach with the Buccaneers and scout for the San Francisco 49ers, is currently a personnel consultant with the Bucs. Jay and his wife, Sherry, reside in Orlando with their three sons: JJ, Joey and Jack.
GRUDEN AT A GLANCE
1985-88…Louisville, player 1990…Barcelona Dragons/Sacramento Surge, player 1991-96…Tampa Bay Storm, player 1997…Nashville Katz, offensive coordinator 1998-2001…Orlando Predators, head coach 2002-03…Tampa Bay Buccaneers, assistant coach/Orlando Predators, player 2004-06…Tampa Bay Buccaneers, assistant coach/Orlando Predators, Head Coach
In 2002, Gruden’s first season with the Buccaneers, he helped guide an offense that showed consistent improvement and proved vital in the club’s first NFL championship in Super Bowl XXXVII against Oakland. With Tampa Bay’s Super Bowl championship, he has been a member of seven championship teams as both a player (four) and a coach (three).
In seven seasons as head coach of the Orlando Predators (1998-2001, 2004-2006), Jay has led the team to four ArenaBowl appearances with two championships and ranks eighth all-time in AFL wins with a 74-43 record. He also ranks fourth all-time in playoff wins (12) and second in playoff winning percentage (.706). The first championship came in 1998 with a 62-31 win over Tampa Bay at ArenaBowl XII and the second, a 41-38 win over the Nashville Kats in 2000.
Elected to the AFL Hall of Fame in 1999, Gruden returned to the playing field three years later and led the Predators to the 2002 Southern Division Championship, throwing 68 touchdown passes in 14 games. In 10 games in 2003, Gruden passed for 49 touchdowns against only two interceptions and including the playoffs, finished the season 11-1 as a starter.
A three-year starter at Louisville (1985-1988) under head coach Howard Schnellenberger, Gruden set numerous passing records and earned team MVP recognition twice (1987 and 1988).
Gruden is the younger brother of Buccaneers head coach Jon Gruden and their father Jim, a former coach with the Buccaneers and scout for the San Francisco 49ers, is currently a personnel consultant with the Bucs. Jay and his wife, Sherry, reside in Orlando with their three sons: JJ, Joey and Jack.
GRUDEN AT A GLANCE
