Bucs’ Morris: Thank Madden for rise of young coaches
Posted: Wednesday, March 25th, 2009 | Vic Carucci Tags: NFL annual owners meeting, Raheem Morris, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Vic Carucci
What’s the reason for the infusion of younger head coaches in the NFL? Thirty-two-year-old Raheem Morris, the new coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, has a simple answer: Blame it on John Madden. But that’s not because Madden himself was 32 when he became coach of the Oakland Raiders in 1969.