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Former NFL, college coach Krueger dies at 90; Bucs' 1st GM

| June 29, 2020 12:03 AM

PEMBROKE PINES, Fla. (AP) — Phil Krueger, who helped build a dominant defense as an assistant for 1967 national champion Southern California and later became part of the first coaching staff in Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ history, has died. He was 90.

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