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Former Cardinals head coach Joe Bugel, leader of the 'Hogs' Super Bowl O-lines, dies

Joe Bugel, who was head coach of the Cardinals during a long career in football, died on Sunday. He was 80.

Bugel coached the Phoenix Cardinals from 1990 to 1993, his first stint as a head coach in the NFL. He had a number of other stops in pro and college football, including a year as head coach of the Raiders in 1997, but he is best remembered as "Boss Hog," the offensive line coach for Joe Gibbs' Washington teams in the 1980s that won two Super Bowls.

"Joe Bugel impacted so many people in his 80 years of life and nearly 50 coaching football," Cardinals owner Michael Bidwill said in a statement tweeted by the team.