On Thursday the Bucs formally introduced the hiring of recent extensive receivers coach Bryan McClendon and new assistant offensive line coach Brian Picucci, who had been beforehand reported, but in addition revealed that Tampa Bay had employed Josh Grizzard to be the staff’s go recreation coordinator. Grizzard involves Tampa Bay from Miami the place he spent seven years on the Dolphins workers underneath three totally different head coaches.
The Bucs didn’t have go recreation coordinator place in 2023.
Through the 2020-21 seasons, Grizzard was the Dolphins extensive receivers coach. In 2021 because the Dolphins receivers coach, he helped Jaylen Waddle put up 104 receptions for 1,015 yards, which set an NFL receptions document for rookies on the time.
Upon the hiring of recent head coach Mike McDaniels in 2022, Grizzard remained on the workers as a high quality management coach, which was a place he had previoiusly from 2017-19. Grizzard started teaching as a scholar assistant at Yale, which was his alma mater, in 2012, earlier than spending 4 years as a graduate assistant/high quality management coach at Duke.
In 2023, Grizzard helped Miami’s prolific offense that led the league in yards (401.3 avg.), passing yards (265.5 avg.) and yards per carry (5.1 avg.). The Dolphins additionally ranked second in yards per play (6.5), internet yards per go try (8.0) and factors per recreation (29.2).
Bucs WR Coach Bryan McClendon – Photograph by: USA Right this moment
Picucci, who was a high quality management coach underneath new offensive coordinator Liam Coen on the College of Kentucky, will help new Tampa Bay offensive line coach Kevin Carberry, who was lately the Saints assistant offensive line coach. Though the Bucs didn’t have an assistant offensive line teaching place final yr, run recreation coordinator Harold Goodwin and offensive line coach Joe Gilbert each coached the Bucs O-line from 2019-23 earlier than becoming a member of Dave Canales in Carolina.
McClendon involves Tampa Bay from Georgia, which is his alma mater, the place he was the Bulldogs extensive receivers coach from 2022-23 with stints as receivers coach at Oregon (2020-21) and South Carolina (2016-19) the place he additionally hung out because the Gamecocks offensive coordinator. He additionally coached operating backs at Georgia from 2009-14 the place he helped put Isaiah Crowell, Todd Gurley, Nick Chubb and Sony Michel within the NFL.
McClendon replaces Brad Idzik, who adopted Canales to Carolina the place he would be the Panthers offensive coordinator, though Canales will name performs.
Bucs Retain A number of Offensive Assistant Coaches
Regardless of some new additions to the offensive teaching workers, the Buccaneers confirmed that a number of of their offensive assistant coaches will stay in Tampa Bay. Quarterbacks coach Thad Lewis, tight ends coach John Van Dam, operating backs coach Skip Peete are holdovers, along with senior offensive assistant Tom Moore, offensive high quality management coach Jeff Kastl and assistant quarterbacks coach Jordan Somerville.
