1967. two years later the 32-year-old madden became the youngest head coach in the american football league. in 10 seasons he led the raiders to 8 playoff appearances and run super bowl title in 1977. he retired in 1979. and quickly transitioned to the broadcast booth winning 13 emmy awards while working on all four networks. now they are really mixing it up in there hey, watch this, they are really mixing it up in there. famous for not liking airplanes, madden traveled to games in custom built buses known as the madden cruiser. well known for his dynamic style the american sports association twice named madden sports penalty of the year. some people say they run in there and clyde or something. gets in there, boom. that s what i say. fabs and players enjoyed his tradition of handing out turkey legs to the mvps at the thanksgiving day game. madden lent his name and expertise to popular sports video games.