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Jay Gruden: Proud to Say We Knew Him When

 Jay Gruden/courtesy CBS My high school quarterback, Jay Gruden, was named head coach of the Washington Redskins today. There’s something awfully cool seeing a childhood classmate make it big like this. Our Tampa, Florida public high school was massive. Several of our classmates have emerged celebrities: actor Robert Gant , drummer/D.J. Ravi Jakhotia , Florida Representative Karen Castor , celebrity pharmacist Lauren Fallieras among them.  My Alma Mater in Tampa, Florida                                                      (Lauren, you have always been a star!) Yet there’s something about the enormity of and seemingly universal love for sport that makes Jay Gruden’s promotion ext...