Bucs Hire Two Assistant Offensive Coaches

Per Greg Auman of Fox Sports, it’s likely that Zampese and Yates keep their same titles that they had in Atlanta. Zampese will be senior offensive assistant and Yates the passing game coordinator.

Bucs Add 2 Former NFC South Coaches To Join Zac Robinson

Ken Zampese was the senior offensive assistant under Zac Robinson for two seasons with the Falcons. However, he has a history with Baker Mayfield that predates even Robinson’s familiarity with Bucs starting quarterback Baker Mayfield when Robinson and Mayfield were on the Rams.

Back in 2018 with the Browns, Zampese was the quarterbacks coach for Mayfield in his rookie year in Cleveland. Mayfield played in 14 games and started in 13 of them, throwing for 3,725 yards with 27 touchdowns and 14 interceptions having a 6-7 record. It wasn’t too bad for a rookie, but then head coach Hue Jackson was fired and Zampese was not retained.

Yates has NFL playing experience, spending seven years in the league primarily as a backup quarterback. He played in 22 career games and had 10 starts with 4-6 record but did have two playoff starts and went 1-1. Yates had 2,057 career passing yards with 10 touchdowns and 11 interceptions before retiring in 2017.

He got into coaching two years later in 2019 as an offensive system on the Houston Texans, the team he played the most for in the NFL. Eventually Yates went to the Falcons in 2021 and has had roles such as passing game specialist, wide receivers coach and quarterbacks coach. Then in 2025, he became the passing game coordinator and wide receivers coach with Robinson.

The group of Robinson, Zampese and Yates bring a combination of experience and familiarity in this new stop with the Bucs. Tampa Bay has made a flurry of coaching moves lately. They also hired an assistant offensive line coach and brought in a new defensive line coach, too. Next, they’ll need to name a cornerbacks and safeties coach, but they’ve at least began to reshape this coaching staff in all three phases.