According to Stephen Hargis of the Chattanooga News Times, he was considering it. Apparently he was sitting with a local area coach at lunch when Gruden called and asked said coach if he’d be interested in a position. So he was putting out feelers at least. That was after Dooley. The 2nd go around after Butch, no idea if he really was. He likes the attention according to Jimmy Hyams. Take that for what it’s worth.
I think he would have recruited well. Would he have won any championships? No idea. Probably would have gotten a NCAA investigation going.
That was the only fun we had back then.