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2026 NFL Offensive/Defensive Coordinator Search Tracker

By | at February 15, 2026 10:15 pm

The 2026 head coaching carousel has now seen 10 jobs open since the start of the offseason, as the Bills have fired Sean McDermott. HC firings generally lead to coordinator changes, and several other teams have proceeded with OC or DC moves to start their offseasons. Here are the current OC and DC searches transpiring. As the remaining HC searches conclude, more coordinator searches will be added to this list.

Updated 2-23-26 (10:40pm CT)

Offensive Coordinators

Arizona Cardinals (Out: Drew Petzing)

  • Nathaniel Hackett, quarterbacks coach (Dolphins): Hired

Atlanta Falcons (Out: Zac Robinson)

Baltimore Ravens (Out: Todd Monken)

Buffalo Bills (Out: Joe Brady)

  • Pete Carmichael Jr., senior offensive assistant (Broncos): Hire expected

Chicago Bears (Out: Declan Doyle)

Cleveland Browns (Out: Tommy Rees)

  • Travis Switzer, run-game coordinator (Ravens): Hired

Denver Broncos (Out: Joe Lombardi)

  • Ronald Curry, quarterbacks coach (Bills): Interviewed
  • Brian Johnson, pass-game coordinator (Commanders): Interviewed
  • Davis Webb, quarterbacks coach (Broncos): Promoted

Detroit Lions (Out: John Morton)

Kansas City Chiefs (Out: Matt Nagy)

  • Eric Bieniemy, running backs coach (Bears): Rehired

Las Vegas Raiders (Out: Greg Olson)

  • Andrew Janocko, quarterbacks coach (Seahawks): Hired
  • Frisman Jackson, wide receivers coach (Seahawks): To interview

Los Angeles Chargers (Out: Greg Roman)

Los Angeles Rams (Out: Mike LaFleur)

  • Dave Ragone, quarterbacks coach (Rams): Title enhanced
  • Nate Scheelhaase, pass-game coordinator (Rams): Promoted

Miami Dolphins (Out: Frank Smith)

New York Giants (Out: Mike Kafka)

New York Jets (Out: Tanner Engstrand)

Philadelphia Eagles (Out: Kevin Patullo)

Pittsburgh Steelers (Out: Arthur Smith)

Seattle Seahawks (Out: Klint Kubiak)

Tampa Bay Buccaneers (Out: Josh Grizzard)

Tennessee Titans (Out: Nick Holz)

Washington Commanders (Out: Kliff Kingsbury)

Defensive Coordinators

Arizona Cardinals

Baltimore Ravens (Out: Zach Orr)

Buffalo Bills (Out: Bobby Babich)

  • Jim Leonhard, defensive backs coach (Broncos): Hired

Cleveland Browns (Out: Jim Schwartz)

Dallas Cowboys (Out: Matt Eberflus)

Green Bay Packers (Out: Jeff Hafley)

Las Vegas Raiders (Out: Patrick Graham)

Los Angeles Chargers (Out: Jesse Minter)

Miami Dolphins (Out: Anthony Weaver)

  • Sean Duggan, former linebackers coach (Packers): Hired
  • Clint Hurtt, defensive line coach (Eagles): Interviewed

New England Patriots (Out: Terrell Williams)

New York Giants (Out: Shane Bowen)

New York Jets (Out: Steve Wilks)

Pittsburgh Steelers (Out: Teryl Austin)

San Francisco 49ers (Out: Robert Saleh)

  • Gus Bradley, assistant head coach (49ers): Interviewed
  • Raheem Morris, former head coach (Falcons): Hired
  • Jim Schwartz, defensive coordinator (Browns): Rumored candidate
  • Joe Woods, defensive backs coach (Raiders): Interviewed

Tennessee Titans (Out: Dennard Wilson)

Washington Commanders (Out: Joe Whitt)

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Eagles To Hire Josh Grizzard As Pass Game Coordinator

By | at January 30, 2026 9:40 am

Three weeks after the Buccaneers fired him as their offensive coordinator, Josh Grizzard is joining the Eagles’ staff. Grizzard will serve as the team’s pass game coordinator, Adam Schefter of ESPN reports.

The Eagles, who joined the Buccaneers in removing their offensive coordinator after the season, considered Grizzard as a potential replacement for Kevin Patullo. While Grizzard interviewed for the position twice, Philadelphia instead hired Sean Mannion on Thursday. The 35-year-old Grizzard will now assist Mannion after spending two seasons in Tampa Bay.

Grizzard joined the Buccaneers as their pass game coordinator in 2024, a prolific season for Baker Mayfield & Co. The Buccaneers finished third in passing, Mayfield tossed a career-best 41 touchdowns, and wide receiver Mike Evans posted his 11th straight 1,000-yard season. The Bucs’ offensive success led to the departure of coordinator Liam Coen, who became the Jaguars’ head coach, and the promotion of Grizzard.

With Grizzard in control, Tampa Bay’s offense took significant steps backward in 2025. The unit fell from fourth in scoring the previous season to 18th, though injuries played a key role in its decline. The receiver trio of Evans, Chris Godwin and Jalen McMillan combined to miss 30 games, running back Bucky Irving sat out seven, and linemen Tristan Wirfs, Luke Goedeke and Cody Mauch combined for 26 absences.

While Grizzard’s first stint as an O-coordinator didn’t go according to plan, the Eagles are optimistic he’ll help boost an aerial attack that ranked 23rd in 2025. Grizzard is a lock to work with quarterback Jalen Hurts and receiver DeVonta Smith in 2026. However, the futures of the Eagles’ other top pass catchers, wideout A.J. Brown and tight end Dallas Goedert, are in question.

Brown logged his fourth straight 1,000-yard campaign in 2025, but after he made his frustration with the Eagles’ offense known throughout the year, he may be a trade candidate this offseason. Meanwhile, after leading the Eagles with 11 touchdown grabs, Goedert is now a little over a month from hitting the free agent market.

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Eagles Complete Second Josh Grizzard OC Interview

By | at January 29, 2026 2:39 pm

As the Cardinals and Raiders complete three-week-plus HC interview processes, the Eagles are nearing that point with their offensive coordinator search. But Philadelphia is circling back to second interviews at this point.

Following reports of Jim Bob Cooter and Sean Mannion‘s second meetings about this play-calling post, veteran insider Jordan Schultz notes Josh Grizzard completed a second interview as well. The one-year Buccaneers OC met with the Eagles again Wednesday.

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The Eagles are not done reaching out to candidates for potential first meetings, though, as they sent Davis Webb an interview request Tuesday. The Denver quarterbacks coach, who is still up for the Raiders’ HC job, could throw a wrench in this process. But as it stands, Grizzard joins Cooter and Mannion as known finalists to replace Kevin Patullo.

Grizzard, 35, comes from a somewhat similar situation; like the Eagles, the Bucs will be on OC No. 5 in five years. Grizzard was No. 4, being promoted after both Dave Canales and Liam Coen took HC jobs elsewhere. The Bucs were not as happy with Grizzard’s work, firing him after one season — an injury-plagued effort. Tampa Bay played chunks of the season without Tristan Wirfs, Luke Goedeke, Cody Mauch, Mike Evans, Chris Godwin, Bucky Irving and Jalen McMillan on offense. This certainly affected the team, though its late-season collapse involved key losses with most of this cadre on the field.

Tampa Bay plummeted from fourth to 18th in scoring offense between Coen’s OC season and Grizzard’s. The latter did play a role in the Bucs’ 2024 success, serving as the team’s pass-game coordinator. Though, he made the rare step down from wide receivers coach to the quality control level, being demoted in Miami after the Brian Flores-to-Mike McDaniel changeover. The Eagles are the only team to interview Grizzard since his Bucs OC firing.

Had the Titans not needed an OC, it is possible Brian Daboll would be preparing to coach Jalen Hurts and Co. The ex-Giants HC had support from key principals in the building, per the Philadelphia Inquirer’s Jeff McLane, who adds the Eagles are not believed to have made an offer to a candidate yet. The Daboll buzz did not result in one, Sal Paolantonio of ESPN confirmed during a Get Up appearance.

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Eagles To Interview Josh Grizzard For OC Job

By | at January 19, 2026 12:27 pm

Recently-fired Buccaneers offensive coordinator Josh Grizzard may not be on the market for long.

The Eagles are set to interview the 35-year-old for the same position in Philadelphia. He would replace Kevin Patullo, who was removed after the team’s wild card loss to the 49ers.

Grizzard came up in Miami under three different head coaches. He was first hired by Adam Gase as an offensive quality control coach in 2017. He was moved to a non-specific quality control role by Brian Flores in 2019 before a two-year stint leading the wide receiver room. Jaylen Waddle put up a then-record-setting rookie season under Grizzard in 2021, but he moved back to quality control in 2022 when Mike McDaniel brought in Wes Welker to coach the Dolphins’ WRs.

With little room to grow in Miami, Grizzard took the Buccaneers’ passing game coordinator job in 2024 under new offensive coordinator Liam Coen. The two quickly put together one of the best passing offenses in the NFL, earning them both promotions – Coen as the Jaguars’ head coach, and Grizzard as his replacement in Tampa Bay.

Coens’ 2025 season went as planned in Jacksonville, but Grizzard’s did not. His offense dealt with injuries to several key players, including but not limited to offensive linemen Tristan Wirfs, Luke Goedeke, and Cody Mauch; wide receivers Chris Godwin and Mike Evans; and running back Bucky Irving. Quarterback Baker Mayfield also played through multiple injuries.

But even when the unit was healthier, they were not playing up to their potential. The offense’s late-season struggles were a major reason they missed the playoffs, too. In their last six games, all facing defenses who were average at best, the Buccaneers only cleared 20 points once. They lost four of their six matchup and failed to qualify for the postseason for the first time in six years.

The Eagles may have reason to believe that Grizzard could succeed with a healthier roster in Philadelphia. The team arguably needs an infusion of offensive coaching from a coach that is not connected to the Eagles’ current tree. But he is still relatively inexperienced, which may not be the best fit for a team looking to quickly get back to Super Bowl contention.

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Buccaneers Fire OC Josh Grizzard

By | at January 8, 2026 10:57 pm

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.

Head coach Todd Bowles will remain in place for a fifth season at the helm of Tampa Bay. Changes at the OC spot were recently named as something to watch for, though. Today’s news confirms the Bucs will have a fifth new offensive coordinator in as many years. Quarterbacks coach Thad Lewis is also being let go, ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler adds. He had been in place for each of Baker Mayfield‘s three Bucs seasons.

For much of last year’s hiring cycle, it appeared as though Liam Coen would stay with the Buccaneers. He ultimately landed the Jaguars’ head coaching gig, however, which created another OC vacancy in Tampa Bay. Grizzard was promoted to the role, having spent the 2024 campaign as the team’s pass-game coordinator. Expectations were high based on the familiarity in Grizzard’s case, but especially late in the season things did not go as planned for Tampa Bay.

After a 6-2 start, the Buccaneers were unable to maintain their lead in the standings upon returning from their bye week. The team wound up 8-9 and on the wrong side of a three-way tiebreaker to determine top spot in the NFC South. Questions about Bowles’ job security were raised down the stretch, but the Bucs have opted for stability at the HC spot. His attention will now turn to the latest edition of his annual offensive coordinator searches.

Grizzard’s unit ranked 18th in the NFL in scoring and 21st in total offense. Injuries up front and at the skill positions were a common theme throughout the season, but improved consistency will be sought out by his replacement. Grizzard, 35, began his coaching career at the college ranks in 2012. His first NFL stint came with the Dolphins and lasted seven years. A two-year run in Tampa Bay followed, but he now joins the list of ex-OCs on the open market.

Per Rapoport, a trio of names are worth watching with respect to potential Grizzard replacements: Rams passing game specialist Nate Scheelhaase, Ravens offensive coordinator Todd Monken and Falcons OC Zac Robinson. Scheelhaase interviewed with Tampa Bay for the position last year, whereas Monken served as the team’s offensive coordinator from 2016-18. His status in Baltimore is uncertain at the moment as the Ravens seek out their John Harbaugh replacement.

Robinson is still in place with the Falcons at the moment, but a new head coach-general manager tandem is yet to be hired. Once that takes place, it would come as little surprise if a reset at the coordinator spots were to follow. That would leave Robinson among the coordinators on the lookout for a new opportunity. In any case, Grizzard’s attention will now turn to his coaching prospects as the 2026 landscape takes shape.

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Buccaneers To Retain HC Todd Bowles; New OC In Play

By | at January 7, 2026 9:39 pm

Although the Buccaneers won their Week 18 game over the Panthers, the Falcons’ four-game win streak ultimately did them in. Carolina advanced to the wild-card round due to the NFC South’s three-way tiebreaker at 8-9, leaving Tampa Bay out of the bracket for the first time since Jameis Winston‘s 2019 finale.

Reports ahead of the Bucs’ Week 18 game tabbed Todd Bowles as more likely to stay, despite the team’s collapse, and the veteran HC confirmed as much to the Tampa Bay Times’ Rick Stroud. Bowles will be back for a fifth season as Bucs HC. Staff changes, however, are coming.

Bowles, 62, confirmed there will be changes. The prospect of the Bucs having yet another new offensive coordinator is in play, with ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler indicating the team has kicked around the idea of pairing Bowles with a new OC hire and potentially changes on the defensive side.

Josh Grizzard was believed to be on the hot seat closing out his first season as the team’s offensive play-caller. The defensive changes could include a coordinator, but as it stands, that job is vacant. Bowles calls the Bucs’ defensive plays, and the former Super Bowl-winning DC is still highly regarded there.

Bowles signed a through-2028 extension this past offseason, and the prospect of firing a coach with three years left on a contract was believed to factor into the team’s decision. The Bucs slunk from 6-2 to 7-9, failing to win another NFC South title despite the division underwhelming yet again. But Bowles is poised to have at least one more chance. This will make him the first Bucs HC to coach a fifth season since Jon Gruden‘s seven-year tenure.

The Bucs have continued to pour resources into retaining their core, regularly extending and re-signing starters while relying little on outside acquisitions. That strategy limited the Colts for a while, and the team ultimately deviated. The Bucs have enjoyed more success in that area, in part because the Saints-Falcons-Panthers trio has struggled for most of this decade, and Bowles won a playoff game as HC when the Bucs ousted the Eagles in the 2023 wild-card round. But the team has stagnated since, leading to speculation about the HC’s future.

Tampa Bay has employed a different OC in each of Bowles’ first four seasons. They fired Byron Leftwich after the 2022 season, and both Dave Canales and Liam Coen booked head coaching jobs on the back of strong Baker Mayfield seasons. Tampa Bay opted for continuity rather than an outside hire this past offseason, promoting Grizzard to the OC role. The team started strong but ran into a host of injuries. The Bucs played much of the season without wideouts Mike Evans, Chris Godwin and Jalen McMillan. Bucky Irving also missed a chunk of his second season.

Offensive line issues also hounded the team, with Stroud adding ownership factored these into the decision to retain Bowles. These limitations clearly affected the offense, but the Bucs also lost late-season contests with their optimal skill-position corps available. That will turn up the heat on Grizzard.

The Bucs regressed from third to 21st in total offense from 2024 to ’25 and fourth to 18th in scoring. Grizzard being fired after an injury-plagued season would represent a tough beat, but with Bowles’ seat warming, he may need to make a move to better ensure improvement. A similar offensive cast should return in 2026, though Evans is again out of contract. As is Cade Otton. That could bring challenges for the next Bucs OC or if Grizzard manages to stay on, though the team regularly has shown the ability to re-sign pending FAs.

Bowles has not employed a true DC during his tenure, having moved from that role to his HC position midway through the 2022 offseason. The Bucs, though, did rank 20th in points allowed this season. The team lost four straight to opponents with losing records, bottoming out with a Week 15 loss to the Falcons. If nothing else, Fowler adds defensive staff additions — potentially south of the coordinator level — are being considered.

Staving off firing rumors in the past, Bowles will probably be on one of the league’s hottest seats entering the 2026 season. The defensive-minded leader will be tasked with elevating the Bucs past their place as a second-tier NFC contender, where they have resided since Tom Brady‘s unretirement.

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Buccaneers To Evaluate Coaching Staff; Latest On Todd Bowles

By | at January 4, 2026 9:38 pm

The Buccaneers won their rain-soaked Week 18 game on Saturday. That kept alive the chances of Tampa Bay winning the NFC South despite a record of 8-9. However, the Bucs did not get the help they needed on Sunday. Atlanta beat New Orleans, creating a three-way tie atop the division’s standings. That resulted in the Panthers taking the top spot and securing the NFC’s No. 4 seed.

As such, 2025 represents a major disappointment from Tampa Bay’s perspective. The team was 6-2 when its bye week arrived, but the closing stages of the campaign proved to be disastrous. Head coach Todd Bowles has seen his job security questioned as a result, although numerous reports have pointed to him being safe. The 62-year-old has been in his current role since 2022.

Bowles – like general manager Jason Licht – signed an extension last offseason. That would make a firing this soon after a surprise, and the team is indeed hesitant to pay the buyout present in his latest pact. As ESPN’s Adam Schefter confirms (video link), ownership’s preference would be to keep Bowles in place for 2026. Jonathan Jones of CBS Sports writes that a firing would be unexpected at this point, though he adds a full evaluation will take place with the season now in the books.

While Bowles seems to be safe, Jones mentions that changes throughout the rest of the coaching staff are likely to take place. We mentioned just Thursday that offensive coordinator Josh Grizzard may be on the hot seat. The first-year coordinator had a meteoric rise to the job. His first NFL coaching job came in Miami as an offensive quality control coach. He remained in quality control for three seasons before getting promoted to wide receivers coach for the Dolphins. He only held that role for two years before being moved back to offensive quality control for two more seasons. Tampa Bay brought him on last year as pass game coordinator before promoting him to his current role to replace Liam Coen.

Throughout the season, Grizzard has been criticized for his play calling as last year’s offense — which finished fourth in scoring, third in total yards, third in passing yards, and fourth in rushing yards — devolved into this year’s performance — 15th in scoring, 14th in total yards, 17th in passing yards, and 15th in rushing yards. Some of these setbacks can be attributed to injuries — seven missed games for Bucky Irving, nine for Mike Evans, eight for Chris Godwin, 13 for Jalen McMillan, and missed games for several offensive linemen — but Grizzard’s play calling is still a key reason for why this team ended up where they did this year.

In the next few days, as Black Monday claims the jobs of several big names, we’ll see what Tampa Bay decides to do, and if Bowles is still around, how many changes he’s willing to make to his coaching staff. After a season of disappointment despite plenty of talent, the coaches could be the ones to bear the brunt of the punishment.

Ely Allen contributed to this post.

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Bucs Not Eager To Pay HC Todd Bowles’ Buyout; OC Josh Grizzard In Jeopardy?

By | at January 1, 2026 10:15 pm

It would have been difficult to imagine at the midpoint of the season, but the Buccaneers will enter Week 18 fighting for their playoff lives. Once 6-2, the 7-9 Buccaneers will face the 8-8 Panthers on Saturday with the NFC South and a postseason berth at stake.

Despite the Buccaneers’ second-half disintegration, a report last Sunday indicated head coach Todd Bowles is not in jeopardy of losing his job. The Buccaneers then dropped their fourth straight game, a 20-17 decision against the Dolphins, potentially turning up the heat on Bowles.

It’s unknown whether ownership will reverse course on Bowles if the Buccaneers complete their collapse and miss the postseason. While the Buccaneers have managed a so-so 34-33 record in almost four full seasons under Bowles, the 62-year-old has earned some leeway from ownership after guiding the team to three straight division titles.

Last July, several months after Bowles completed his first 10-win season in Tampa Bay, the Bucs extended him through 2028. The deal includes a “hefty” buyout, which the team “doesn’t seem overly eager to pay,” Jeremy Fowler of ESPN reports.

Bowles’ extension could save him, but changes to his coaching staff are on the table, according to Fowler. Specifically, there are questions centering on first-year offensive coordinator Josh Grizzard, who worked as the Bucs’ pass game coordinator in 2024.

The Buccaneers finished last year third in total offense and fourth in scoring under OC Liam Coen, but he left to take the Jaguars’ head coaching job. Now leading a 12-4 Jacksonville team that looks like a Super Bowl contender, Coen figures to garner Coach of the Year votes. With Coen gone, Tampa Bay’s offense has plummeted to 22nd in yardage and 18th in points. While that doesn’t reflect well on the 35-year-old Grizzard, it would be unfair to place all the blame on him.

Although quarterback Baker Mayfield is on track for a third straight 17-game season, the Buccaneers’ offense has endured several injuries to major contributors. Wide receivers Mike Evans, Chris Godwin and Jalen McMillan have combined to miss 30 games. Running back Bucky Irving has sat out seven, and his production when healthy has paled in comparison to his rookie output from 2024. That may have something to do with an offensive line that hasn’t been at full strength.

Center Graham Barton has played every offensive snap, but the rest of the unit hasn’t been as fortunate. Right guard Cody Mauch suffered a season-ending knee injury in Week 2, fellow guard Ben Bredeson has been on IR with a knee injury since Dec. 9, and cornerstone tackles Tristan Wirfs and Luke Goedeke have missed sizable chunks of time. Wirfs has played 11 games to Goedeke’s 10.

Both Wirfs (toe) and Goedeke (ankle) have been limited in practice this week, but they’re not on the Buccaneers’ final injury report. That’s good news for Bowles and Grizzard as they prepare for a must-win game.

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Buccaneers Promote Josh Grizzard To OC

By | at January 31, 2025 10:09 pm

The Buccaneers are set to go internal for their Liam Coen replacement. Josh Grizzard is being promoted to the role of offensive coordinator, Mike Garafolo, Ian Rapoport and Tom Pelissero of NFL Network report. The move is now official, per a team announcement.

This news does not come as much of a surprise. Grizzard, Tampa Bay’s pass-game coordinator, was recently mentioned as one of the top candidates for the OC gig in the event the team elected to promote from within to replace Coen. He interviewed on Wednesday, and in short order that meeting has now produced an agreement.

Grizzard’s coaching career dates back to Yale, when he worked as an assistant at his alma mater. The 34-year-old also spent time at Duke before beginning his tenure at the pro level. He first joined the Dolphins’ staff in 2019, remaining there until 2023 and occupying several roles along the way. Grizzard joined Todd Bowles last offseason, a move which has now produced his first career coordinator opportunity at any level.

Coen had a strong first season with the Bucs, overseeing a unit which ranked top-four in both passing and rushing yards. That made him a strong head coaching target for the Jaguars in particular, although he appeared to be on track to remain in Tampa Bay for the 2025 season. A new OC deal had been agreed to, on the condition Coen stopped looking into his HC options. He ultimately took part in a secret second interview with the Jags, though, and – after the firing of general manager Trent Baalke – accepted Jacksonville’s offer to lead the team.

That left the Buccaneers in the coordinator market for the second offseason in a row. Dave Canales‘ success during his first (and only) campaign in Tampa Bay earned him the Panthers’ head coaching gig, something which added to the value of Coen being on track to remain in place for more than one year. Instead, the team will now rely on Grizzard to replicate the offense’s balanced production from 2024.

Much of Tampa Bay’s key offensive players are on the books for next season, so expectations will remain high for another NFC South title moving forward. Grizzard’s stock will continue to rise if the Bucs can have success on offense in 2025, although the team will of course wish to avoid needing to replace its OC for three straight years. In any case, it will be interesting to see how Grizzard fares while leading an offense he is already familiar with.

Bowles faced questions about how willing outside OC candidates (of which there were five in this case) would be to take on the position in the wake of the Coen departure. Bowles’ own job security has been a talking point in recent years, but he will remain in the fold for at least 2025. He will hope to enjoy as much success next year with Grizzard as he did with his previous coordinator pick.

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Buccaneers Interview Josh Grizzard For OC

By | at January 29, 2025 9:48 am

Rumored as an internal candidate to replace Liam Coen, Josh Grizzard has now completed his first coordinator interview. The Bucs announced they have met with their pass-game coordinator about the job.

This marks Tampa Bay’s first internal meeting about replacing Coen, who backed out of an extension agreement to join the Jaguars as HC. Coen’s decision has left the Bucs searching for a new OC for a third straight offseason. The team fired Byron Leftwich after the 2022 slate and saw Dave Canales leave for the Panthers’ HC job last year. Now, Coen — who yo-yoed between pro and college OC posts for most of this decade — is changing jobs again.

Coen initially brought Grizzard to Tampa, adding him from Mike McDaniel‘s Miami staff. Grizzard, 34, has been in the NFL since 2017; he spent his previous seven seasons with the Dolphins, working under Adam Gase, Brian Flores and then McDaniel. Grizzard moved up from the quality control level to coach Dolphins wide receivers from 2020-21, but McDaniel dropped him back down for the 2022 and ’23 seasons. The Bucs eventually poached him for their pass-game coordinator role.

The Bucs are not expected to allow Coen to bring contracted staffers with him to Jacksonville, as that separation left them feeling burned. GM Jason Licht is rumored to be “furious” at Coen for the way he left, which featured the new Jags HC dodging calls from Bucs brass as he discretely negotiated a deal to leave. As Coen will call plays in Jacksonville, Baker Mayfield will have a sixth play-caller over the past five seasons.

Although Grizzard came to Tampa during Coen’s stopover, the Bucs could ensure some continuity for Mayfield by promoting from within. Of course, Grizzard being on the QC level as recently as 2023 could give the team pause due to experience. Three Rams staffers may be sought for a semblance of continuity as well. Via PFR’s OC/DC Search Tracker, here is where the Bucs’ process stands:

  • Marcus Brady, pass-game coordinator (Chargers): Interviewed 1/25
  • Nick Caley, tight ends coach (Rams): Interviewed 1/27
  • Josh Grizzard, pass-game coordinator (Buccaneers): Interviewed 1/29
  • Dave Ragone, quarterbacks coach (Rams): Interviewed 1/28
  • Nate Scheelhaase, offensive assistant/passing game specialist (Rams): Interviewed 1/27
  • Grant Udinski, assistant quarterbacks coach (Vikings): Interviewed 1/25
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