The Eagles are in the market for a new offensive coordinator, but they will not need to find a new special teams coordinator as well.
NFL Media reports that the Eagles and Michael Clay have agreed to a new deal that will keep him in Philadelphia.
Clay joined the Eagles in 2021 as a member of Nick Sirianni’s first coaching staff. He began his NFL coaching career with the Eagles in 2014 and returned to the team after coaching with the 49ers from 2016-2020.
Clay interviewed for the same job with the Buccaneers this week, but Tampa will now have to look elsewhere to fill the vacancy they created by firing Thomas McGaughey at the end of the season.
The Buccaneers completed an interview with former Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel, the team announced Friday.
The meeting took place in person at the team’s training facility.
The Bucs fired offensive coordinator Josh Grizzard after one season.
McDaniel was the Dolphins’ head coach from 2022-25 after previously serving as an offensive coordinator on Kyle Shanahan’s staff with the 49ers. He was Miami’s offensive play-caller during his tenure as head coach.
During those four combined seasons, the Dolphins ranked eighth in the NFL in both net yards per game (348.0) and passing yards per game (232.8), while also recording the sixth-best yards per carry average (4.54) and the 12th-most points scored per game (23.3).
McDaniel has had interviews for head coaching vacancies with the Falcons, Browns, Titans and Ravens. The Lions have interviewed him for their offensive coordinator position.
The Buccaneers have interviewed six other candidates for their offensive coordinator position. The team previously met with Ravens offensive coordinator Todd Monken, Giants interim head coach Mike Kafka, former Titans head coach Brian Callahan, Lions passing game coordinator David Shaw, Cardinals quarterbacks coach Israel Woolfork and Falcons offensive coordinator Zac Robinson.
One of Mike Tomlin’s longtime assistants is up for a job in Tampa.
The Buccaneers announced that they have completed an interview with Danny Smith for their special teams coordinator position. Smith held the same role for the Steelers since the 2013 season.
Smith’s time with the Steelers was marked by strong special teams play and frequent camera cuts to his animated responses to good plays on the sideline. Smith worked for Washington, Buffalo, Detroit and Philadelphia before landing on Tomlin’s staff.
The Bucs have now interviewed five candidates since dismissing Thomas McGaughey after the end of their season. Michael Clay, Anthony Levine, Craig Aukerman, and Jett Modkins are the other coaches in the mix.
The Buccaneers have completed two interviews for their special teams coordinator vacancy.
Tampa Bay announced on Thursday that the club spoke virtually with Eagles special teams coordinator Michael Clay and Ravens assistant special teams coach Anthony Levine for the role.
Clay has been the Eagles’ special teams coordinator since 2021. He was previously with the 49ers from 2016-2020, serving as assistant special teams coach in 2016 and from 2018-2020.
Levine played for the Ravens from 2012-2021 before transitioning to player personnel and coaching assistant in 2022. He was the Titans’ assistant special teams coach from 2023-2024 before returning to Baltimore to become that team’s assistant special teams coach in 2025.
The Buccaneers are replacing Thomas McGaughey, who was fired after the regular season.
Running back Rachaad White has spent the last four seasons with the Buccaneers and that time has left him with some clear opinions about how the team is being run.
One thing White believes should change is how much responsibility head coach Todd Bowles carries on gamedays. Bowles calls the team’s defense in addition to overseeing the whole effort and White said during an appearance on the Loose Cannons podcast that he thinks everyone would be better served by Bowles handing that duty off to someone else.
“You can clip this or whatever, but it is what it is. I’m just being real,” White said, via PewterReport.com. “I do feel like coach Bowles, I do think it would be easier on him. I do think he should let somebody else call defense and he just be a head coach. I feel like he’d probably be better off by doing that so he can just focus on really just the head coaching job, and just trust that he has the right defensive staff and things like that.”
The Bucs dismissed two assistants and had a third retire after finishing 20th in points allowed during the 2025 season, but there’s been no indication that they’ll be hiring a traditional defensive coordinator. They are looking for new offensive and special teams coordinators, however, and White said he wonders if you should “just get a new everything” if that’s the case.
White added he understood why the Bucs didn’t decide to totally clean house, but noted it’s “tough” to rebuild a staff on the fly. White may not be there to see the result since he’s set for free agency this offseason and the bluntness of his assessment of where things stand may not do much to help his chances of returning.
