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Bruce Allen (American football)

Bruce Allen
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Allen in 2015
Personal information
Born: (1956-10-26) October 26, 1956 (age 67)
Career information
High school:Langley (McLean, Virginia)
College:Richmond
Career history
As a coach:
As an executive:
Career highlights and awards
Executive profile at PFR

Bruce Allen (born October 26, 1956)[1] is a former American football executive. He served as general manager for two teams in the National Football League (NFL): the Tampa Bay Buccaneers from 2004 to 2008 and the Washington Redskins from 2009 to 2019.[2] He got his start in the NFL as a senior executive with the Oakland Raiders in 1995.[3]

Allen played college football at the University of Richmond and was selected by the Baltimore Colts in the 1978 NFL Draft, but never played in the NFL. He spent 1979 as the head football coach at Occidental College in Los Angeles. Allen is the son of Pro Football Hall of Fame coach George Allen and brother of former Virginia governor and U.S. Senator George Allen.

  1. ^ "Bruce Allen, 23, Older and Wiser as a Head Coach". The Los Angeles Times. November 10, 1979. p. 9. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
  2. ^ Vinny Cerrato resigns Archived February 8, 2010, at the Wayback Machine, WTOP-FM, December 17, 2009.
  3. ^ Svrluga, Barry (December 17, 2009). "Redskins Insider - Bruce Allen replaces Vinny Cerrato with Redskins (updated)". Voices.washingtonpost.com. Retrieved March 9, 2017.