![Jaguars offensive coordinator Jay Gruden keeps an eye on RB #31, Nathan Cottrell during drills at Wednesday's practice session. The Jacksonville Jaguars practice session at the practice fields outside TIAA Bank Field in Jacksonville, Florida Wednesday August 12, 2020. [Bob Self/Florida Times-Union]](https://cdn.cincylink.com/pub/content/uploads/sites/27/2022/01/Jay-Gruden-is-Panthers-offensive-coordinator-candidate-per-report.jpg)
Jay Gruden, a former Cincinnati Bengals offensive coordinator and Washington Football Team head coach who worked in 2020 as the Jacksonville Jaguars' offensive coordinator, interviewed for the Carolina Panthers' offensive-coordinator vacancy, according to multiple reports Tuesday.
Last month, the Panthers fired Joe Brady after two seasons as the team's OC. Brady was LSU's passing game coordinator when Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow led the Tigers to the College Football Playoff national title in 2019.
Gruden indicated last February that he wouldn't be coaching during the 2021 NFL season and would like to give broadcasting a shot, suggesting that he could do a better job than CBS' Tony Romo.
Gruden was the Bengals' offensive coordinator under head coach Marvin Lewis from 2011 to 2013. He was hired as Washington's head coach in Jan. 2014 and dismissed in Oct. 2019 after his team started the season 0-5.
Gruden was 35-49-1 as Washington's head coach.
Lewis reportedly is being considered for one of four remaining USFL head-coaching vacancies.
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