The Buccaneers announced a pair of interviews with offensive coordinator candidates on Saturday.
Lions passing game coordinator David Shaw and Cardinals quarterbacks coach Israel Woolfork both met with the team. The Bucs fired Josh Grizzard after his first year in the role.
Shaw joined Dan Campbell’s staff in Detroit in 2025. He spent 2024 as a personnel executive with the Broncos and was the head coach at Stanford from 2011 through the 2022 season.
Woolfork just finished his third season as the quarterbacks coach in Arizona. He has also been a coaching fellow with the Browns and worked in the collegiate ranks.
The Buccaneers also interviewed former Titans head coach Brian Callahan this week and they are expected to interview Falcons offensive coordinator Zac Robinson.
The Buccaneers will interview Zac Robinson for their offensive coordinator opening, Rick Stroud of the Tampa Bay Times reports.
Robinson served as the Falcons’ offensive coordinator for the past two seasons.
The Falcons fired head coach Raheem Morris earlier this week. They denied the Cowboys permission to interview defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich for the same position, but they are letting Robinson interview.
The Bucs completed an interview with former Titans head coach Brian Callahan as they seek to replace Josh Grizzard, whom they fired earlier this week.
Robinson spent five seasons with the Rams, rising from assistant quarterbacks coach to passing game coordinator/quarterbacks coach under Sean McVay.
The Buccaneers announced on Friday that they have completed an interview for their offensive coordinator vacancy.
Former Titans head coach Brian Callahan met with the team about the opening on Todd Bowles’ staff. The interview was held remotely.
Callahan was hired by the Titans in 2024 and fired six games into the 2025 season. He was 4-19 during his time in Tennessee.
Prior to being hired by the Titans, Callahan was the offensive coordinator for the Bengals for five seasons. The Bengals enjoyed a lot more success during Callahan’s tenure than the Titans did and Callahan helped with the development of quarterback Joe Burrow in Cincinnati after he was selected first overall in 2020.
The Bucs won’t be breaking in a new quarterback, but the Callahan interview suggests they may be looking for a more experienced hand to work with Baker Mayfield after Josh Grizzard was dismissed following his first season as a coordinator.
It likely won’t take Mike McDaniel long to find a new job.
An obvious offensive coordinator candidate for any team that needs one, McDaniel has already fielded some interest.
According to Ian Rapoport of NFL Media, the Lions have reached out to McDaniel about potentially becoming the club’s OC.
Detroit fired offensive coordinator John Morton earlier this week after the club missed the postseason. Head coach Dan Campbell took over offensive play-calling midway through the season, but the Lions were not as cohesive of an offensive unit throughout the year as they had been with now-Bears head coach Ben Johnson calling the plays.
Washington is another team with an offensive coordinator vacancy that is likely to reach out to McDaniel, given that McDaniel coached under Dan Quinn when he was head coach of the Falcons.
But there could be another role for McDaniel — head coach. Mary Kay Cabot of Cleveland.com reported earlier on Thursday that the Browns have interest in speaking with McDaniel about their vacancy.
Either way, it appears McDaniel will have some choices after he was fired by Miami on Thursday.
While Todd Bowles will remain Tampa Bay’s head coach in 2026, most of the coaching staff will be different.
In addition to moving on from the team’s offensive and special teams coordinator, the Buccaneers have dismissed more position coaches.
Per Rick Stroud of the Tampa Bay Times, defensive line coach Charlie Strong and defensive backs coach Kevin Ross have been fired.
Safeties coach Nick Rapone, who is 69, plans to retire.
Strong — the former Louisville, Texas, South Florida head coach — had joined the Bucs’ staff in 2025. Ross had been with the Bucs as cornerbacks coach since Bruce Arians took the head coaching job in 2019. Rapone had also been on the staff since 2019.
