Two Super Bowl championships. One group of Hogs. JOE BUGEL Boss Hog. REDSKINS PARK - LOUDOUN COUNTY, VIRGINIA 21300 Redskin Park Drive • Ashburn, VA 20147 • 703-726-7000 www.redskins.com PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release January 13, 2009 JOE BUGEL ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT LOUDOUN COUNTY, VA - Redskins assistant Joe Bugel, regarded as one of the greatest offensive line coaches in history, and former head coach of the Phoenix Cardinals and Oakland Raiders, announced his retirement after 32 seasons in the National Football League. Bugel spent 15 of those seasons as an assistant with the Redskins. In his first stint with the club, from 1981-1989, Bugel was the architect of the famed “Hogs” offensive line, featuring stalwarts Russ Grimm, Joe Jacoby, Mark May, Jeff Bostic, George Starke and others. The group, one of the most dominant in league annals, led the Redskins to three Super Bowls, including victories following the 1982 and 1987 seasons. Bugel was instrumental in the develop- ment of four offensive linemen earning Pro Bowl berths - Grimm (4), Jacoby (4), Bostic (1) and May (1). Bugel began as the Redskins offensive coordinator in 1981 and was promoted to assistant head coach in 1983. Under Bugel’s direction, the Redskins scored a then-NFL record 541 points (1983), had four 1,000-yard rushers, one 4,000-yard passer and nine 1,000-yard receivers. After helping the Redskins to a 92-48 overall record in a nine-year span, including an 11-3 mark in the postseason, Bugel was hired by the then-Phoenix Cardinals as head coach in 1990. He would serve in that capacity for four sea- sons before joining the Oakland Raiders as assistant head coach/offense from 1995-96 and head coach in 1997. From 1998-2001, Bugel oversaw the offensive line of the San Diego Chargers. After a two-year respite, Bugel returned to the Redskins in 2004 as assistant head coach - offense under Joe Gibbs and was retained as offensive line coach under Jim Zorn in 2008. Bugel originally entered the NFL in 1975, spending two seasons as the offensive line coach for the Detroit Lions. He joined the Houston Oilers in the same capacity in 1977. The team’s rushing totals during his final two seasons with the Oilers in 1979 and 1980 are still the top two season totals in that franchise’s history. Before entering the NFL, Bugel spent time coaching in the collegiate ranks with Ohio State (1974), Iowa State (1973), Navy (1969-72) and his alma mater, Western Kentucky (1964-68). While earning his degree in physical education, Bugel was an all-conference guard and linebacker for the Hilltop- pers. He also earned a master’s degree in counseling from Western Kentucky. A Pittsburgh native, Bugel was a two- way star in football at Munhall High School. In 2005, he was inducted into the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame (Western Chapter). Bugel and his wife, Brenda, raised daughters: Angie, Jennifer and the late Holly Bugel; as well as a son-in-law, Monte. – REDSKINS – 1982 COACHING STAFF JOE BUGEL BY THE NUMBERS With the Redskins 15 Seasons as an assistant coach 2 Super Bowl Championships 3 NFC Championships 4 NFC East Championships 7 Playoff Appearances 5 Pro Bowl offensive linemen 14 Pro Bowl selections for his offensive linemen 133-99 Regular season record .573 Regular season winning percentage “I think back to all the late night meetings we’ve been in over the years and we probably know more about each other than we’d care to admit. Buges is a loyal soldier for the Redskins organization. He has a great passion for coaching and he has great talent. His players really respected and liked him even though he beat the snot out of them. True friendship comes from going through good times and bad times and Buges and I have been through both.” – Joe Gibbs Washington Redskins Head Coach (1981-92, 2004-07) LONGEST SERVING ASSISTANT COACHES IN REDSKINS HISTORY Name Seasons Years Torgy Torgeson 23 1959-61, 1971-77, 1981-93 Rennie Simmons 18 1981-93, 2004-08 Don Breaux 17 1981-93, 2004-07 Joe Bugel 15 1981-89, 2004-09 Richie Petitbon 15 1978-92 Bill Hickman 13 1973-77, 1981-88 Larry Peccatiello 13 1981-83 Charley Taylor 13 1981-93 REDSKINS RECORD WITH JOE BUGEL ON COACHING STAFF YEAR W L POSTSEASON 1981 8 8 1982 8 1 Super Bowl XVII Champions 1983 14 2 NFC East Champions; Lost Super Bowl XVIII 1984 11 5 NFC East Championship; lost Divisional Round 1985 10 6 1986 12 4 Lost NFC Championship 1987 11 4 Super Bowl XXII Champions 1988 7 9 1989 10 6 2004 6 10 2005 10 6 Lost Divisional Round 2006 5 11 2007 9 7 Lost Wild Card Round 2008 8 8 2009 4 12 TOTAL 133 99 .573 winning percentage “As hogs, we owe a great debt to Joe Bugel, not only for bestowing that wonderful nickname but also for helping mold us into one of the best and most productive offensive lines ever. We all liked and respected Buges, but there were a few times we were ready to fry his bacon.” – Mark May Washington Redskins Tackle (1981-89) PRO BOWL OFFENSIVE LINEMEN COACHED BY JOE BUGEL Player Team Position Years Jeff Bostic Washington Center 1983 Russ Grimm Washington Guard 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986 Joe Jacoby Washington Tackle 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986 Mark May Washington Tackle 1988 Chris Samuels Washington Tackle 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Leon Gray Houston Tackle 1979 Johnny Johnson Phoenix Running Back 1990 Rich Camarillo Phoenix Punter 1991, 1992 Tim McDonald Phoenix Safety 1991 Tim Brown Oakland Wide Receiver 1995, 1996, 1997 Chester McGlockton Oakland Defensive Tackle 1997 Steve Wisniewski Oakland Guard 1995, 1997 RUNNING BACKS WITH 1,000-YARD SEASONS UNDER JOE BUGEL Player Team Years John Riggins Washington 1983, 1984 George Rogers Washington 1985, 1986 Clinton Portis Washington 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008 Ladell Betts Washington 2006 Earl Campbell Houston 1978, 1979, 1980 Harvey Williams Oakland 1995 Napoleon Kaufman Oakland 1997 LaDainian Tomlinson San Diego 2001 “Buges was the guy that did the formative teaching. He laid the ground rules and the techniques and the habits. He demanded a lot from us which ultimately made us demand a lot from each other. If you look at the Redskins during that timeframe, we went to four Super Bowls in 10 years. We had three different quarterbacks and three different running backs. The thing that really didn’t change that much was our offensive line. That was a very good offensive line and a lot of it had to do with Joe Bugel.” – Jeff Bostic Washington Redskins Center (1980-93) The Washington Post January 30, 1983 For the Offensive Line, A Casual Nickname Sows a Hog Happening By Paul Attner Rick Walker). One is a fullback (Riggins). rules governing pass protection lend themselves best to “I wanted in, but they spurned me for two weeks,” Rig- large, strong players. enter Jeff Bostic had only to walk through a suburban gins said, tongue in cheek. “When they finally said they’d “By the end of every week, he has taken us step by step CVirginia shopping mall to realize how Hog wild Wash- let me join, I was going to tell them, ‘No thanks.’ But I through what we have to know for the game,” Bostic said. ington fans have gone over the Redskins’ offensive line. relented. You don’t want to make your line mad.” “We are completely prepared because he is so thorough. “Everywhere I looked,” he said, “there were Hogs. Hog Ten Hogs in one restaurant can run up a bill of $750 in Then all we have to do is execute.” shirts, Hog banners, Hog pennants, Hog everything. Some- two hours. They did earlier this season. Bugel did not pick Interestingly, the Hogs’ most talented linemen are two body is making a lot of money off the Hogs. I wish it was up the check. of their smallest members, Grimm and Bostic. me.” The Hogs got their nickname because Bugel looked at The Redskins thought so highly of Grimm that they What began as a spirit builder for the linemen has be- Bostic and Grimm one day last season and decided they traded away a No. 1 pick mainly to be able to select him come a frenzy. Hog souvenirs are the best-selling Redskin were built like Hogs. in the third round of the 1981 draft. He was projected as novelty items. During the days preceding the NFC champi- “They are short guys with big bellies,” Bugel said. “I a starting center, but when Bostic performed well in the onship game with Dallas, a local radio station even played started to say to the whole line at practice, ‘Okay you Hogs, 1981 training camp, Grimm was moved to left guard, in sounds of Hogs grunting. About the only place porkers are let’s go down in the bullpen and hit those sleds.’ Some guys part because Bugel thought he matched up well with Dal- more popular is in Arkansas, the home of the Razorbacks. might have resented it but these guys loved it.” las’ Randy White. “I never dreamed this would happen, but isn’t it great?” Bugel is Boss Hog. When wide receivers or quarter- Grimm, a tenacious player, has been the team’s most said Joe Bugel, the Redskin offensive line coach who first backs throw effective blocks, they are Piglets. Hogs are consistent performer this season. Bostic, called “the Little nicknamed his charges the Hogs. “This may be the first selected through a membership vote.