The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are making plenty of changes after a disastrous season. Head coach Todd Bowles is staying on with the team despite a collapse from 6-2 to 8-9 in 2025, missing the playoffs entirely for the first time since 2019.
The Bucs’ 2025 season is over. Their playoff hopes went out with a whimper as the New Orleans Saints – sitting their starters, and their backups, and the backups to their backups – lost to the Atlanta Falcons in Week 18.
NFL/Denver Broncos insider Benjamin Allbright raised eyebrows when he recently reported that the Tampa Bay Buccaneers "called about" former Baltimore Ravens head coach John Harbaugh and learned that Harbaugh "wants" his own general manager with his next team. The Buccaneers subsequently retained head coach Todd Bowles for another season.
Rule changes have made passing numbers easier to compile in the modern era, and the game's top quarterbacks have taken full advantage. While the heaviest hitters are represented here, some storied postseasons by slightly lesser-celebrated QBs remain entrenched in playoff annals as well.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers entered the offseason facing key roster questions, and one of the clearest signals came directly from a departing core player.
Thomas McGaughey, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ special teams coordinator since 2024, has been relieved of his duties. While the headlines might naturally gravitate toward the dismissal of offensive coordinator Josh Grizzard, because let’s face it.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers announced they have officially parted ways with five coaches. The following are the coaches who have been let go by Tampa Bay:
The Buccaneers have already moved on from offensive coordinator Josh Grizzard as well as quarterbacks coach Thad Lewis. More changes are taking place on the team’s staff.
For years, Thanksgiving belonged to the NFL, but Christmas belonged to the NBA. Occasionally, an NFL game would fall on Christmas, but it was anomalous, even avoided if possible.
The Bucs ultimately decided to stick with Todd Bowles as the head coach going into the 2026 season. But that doesn’t mean the same coaching staff is also returning.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have decided to stick with head coach Todd Bowles for the 2026 season. However, Bowles wasted no time and is already making a pair of coaching changes.
The end of an era has arrived, not just in Tampa Bay but in the NFL world. After 62 years of coaching and more than 46 seasons in the NFL, legendary assistant coach Tom Moore is retiring, Rick Stroud of the Tampa Bay Times reported Thursday morning.
With the Bucs’ 2025 season officially over, the contracts of the team’s practice squad players are officially up. And as is customary, Tampa Bay re-signed most of its practice squad players to reserve/futures contracts with the team making that announcement on Thursday, January 8.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers announced they have signed 14 players to futures contracts. The following is a list of the 14 players Tampa Bay signed: S Marcus
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers will look a bit different next season after failing to make the playoffs. That usually comes with people getting fired, players getting cut or traded, and sometimes, others just walk away from the game.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers entered the 2025 season with optimism, beginning with a strong 6-2 start and aspirations of returning to the playoffs after a wild card round exit in 2024.
Josh Grizzard is out after one season as offensive coordinator of the Buccaneers, which puts Tampa Bay in position to hire a fifth primary play-caller in as many years.
Per Rick Stroud, Buccaneers senior offensive consultant Tom Moore has decided to retire after more than 46 years in the NFL. Moore talked about his decision to retire, mentioning his desire to care for his wife who had a stroke earlier this year. “It’s time for me to go home and take care of my wife,” Moore said, via Stroud.
As expected, the Buccaneers will have another new offensive coordinator for the 2026 season. Josh Grizzard is out after one season, as first reported by Tom Pelissero, Ian Rapoport and Mike Garafolo of NFL Network.
Bucs outside linebacker Yaya Diaby had seven sacks to once again lead the team in that defensive category. Diaby’s 7.5 sacks were the most in Tampa Bay during the 2023 season, which was Diaby’s rookie campaign.