COYER LEAVES THE BUCS

Change is underway with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ coaching staff, as assistant head coach Larry Coyer and the team have “mutually agreed” to no longer work together, in Coyer’s words. “I truly have high regard for the Bucs and everybody with them,” Coyer told the Tampa Tribune. “I’ll miss the team, but I’ve decided to pursue other things.” Coyer, who came to Tampa Bay in 2007 after being fired as the Denver Broncos’ defensive coordinator, spent one year as the Buccaneers’ defensive line coach before being shifted to a new role under coach Jon Gruden prior to this season. Coyer’s contract was scheduled to expire in the next few weeks, an iffy status shared by tight ends coach Bob Casullo and linebackers coach Casey “Gus” Bradley, according to the Tribune. Tampa Bay also has a help-wanted advertisement out for a new secondary coach in the wake of rising assistant coach Raheem Morris replacing Monte Kiffin as defensive coordinator after Kiffin joined his son, Lane Kiffin, at the University of Tennessee.