The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are a professional American football team based in Tampa, Florida. They are members of the Southern Division of the National Football Conference (NFC) in the National Football League (NFL). The franchise was founded as an NFL team in 1976 by Hugh Culverhouse. They lost their first 26 games and had one playoff win in its first 21 seasons before winning the Super Bowl in 2002.[1]
There have been twelve head coaches for the Buccaneers franchise. The team has played 628 games in 40 seasons since joining the NFL. Five Buccaneers coaches, John McKay, Tony Dungy, Jon Gruden, Bruce Arians, and Todd Bowles have taken the Buccaneers to the playoffs, with Gruden and Arians being the only two coaches to win the Super Bowl with the team, at Super Bowl XXXVII and Super Bowl LV respectively.[2] The team's all-time leader in games coached is McKay (133) and the leader in wins is Gruden (57); Arians leads all Buccaneers coaches in winning percentage (.633).[3] Leeman Bennett has the lowest winning percentage (.125) of all Buccaneers coaches.[4]
Key
edit| # | Number of coaches[N 1] |
| Yrs | Years coached |
| First | First season coached |
| Last | Last season coached |
| GC | Games Coached |
| W | Wins |
| L | Loses |
| T | Ties |
| Win% | Win – Loss percentage |
| † | Elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame as a coach |
| * | Spent entire NFL head coaching career with the Buccaneers |
Coaches
edit- Note: Statistics are accurate through the end of the 2023 NFL season.
| # | Image | Name | Term[N 2] | Regular season | Playoffs | Accomplishments | Ref. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yrs | First | Last | GC | W | L | T | W% | GC | W | L | |||||
| 1 | 
|
John McKay* | 9 | 1976 | 1984 | 133 | 44 | 88 | 1 | .335 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 NFC Central Championships (1979, 1981) 3 Playoff Berths |
[5] |
| 2 | Leeman Bennett | 2 | 1985 | 1986 | 32 | 4 | 28 | 0 | .125 | — | [6] | ||||
| 3 | 
|
Ray Perkins | 4 | 1987 | 1990[N 3] | 60 | 19 | 41 | 0 | .317 | — | [7] | |||
| 4 | Richard Williamson* | 2 | 1990[N 3] | 1991 | 19 | 4 | 15 | 0 | .211 | — | [8] | ||||
| 5 | 
|
Sam Wyche | 4 | 1992 | 1995 | 64 | 23 | 41 | 0 | .359 | — | [9] | |||
| 6 | 
|
Tony Dungy † | 6 | 1996 | 2001 | 96 | 54 | 42 | 0 | .563 | 6 | 2 | 4 | Inducted Pro Football Hall of Fame (2016) 1 NFC Central Championship (1999) 4 Playoff Berths 1 Maxwell Football Club Coach of the Year (1997)[10] |
[11] |
| 7 | 
|
Jon Gruden | 7 | 2002 | 2008 | 112 | 57 | 55 | 0 | .509 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 Super Bowl Championship (XXXVII) 1 NFC Championship (2002) 3 NFC South Championships (2002, 2005, 2007) 3 Playoff Berths |
[12] |
| 8 | 
|
Raheem Morris | 3 | 2009 | 2011 | 48 | 17 | 31 | 0 | .354 | — | [13] | |||
| 9 | 
|
Greg Schiano* | 2 | 2012 | 2013 | 32 | 11 | 21 | 0 | .344 | — | [14] | |||
| 10 | 
|
Lovie Smith | 2 | 2014 | 2015 | 32 | 8 | 24 | 0 | .250 | — | [15] | |||
| 11 | 
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Dirk Koetter* | 3 | 2016 | 2018 | 48 | 19 | 29 | 0 | .396 | — | [16] | |||
| 12 | 
|
Bruce Arians | 3 | 2019 | 2021 | 49 | 31 | 18 | 0 | .633 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 Super Bowl Championship (LV) 1 NFC Championship (2020) 1 NFC South Championship (2021) 2 Playoff Berths |
[17] |
| 13 | Todd Bowles | 2 | 2022 – present | 34 | 17 | 17 | 0 | .500 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 NFC South Championships (2022, 2023) 2 Playoff Berths |
[18] | ||
Notes
edit- ^ A running total of the number of coaches of the Buccaneers. Thus, any coach who has two or more terms as head coach is only counted once.
- ^ Each year is linked to an article about that particular NFL season.
- ^ a b After 13 games of the 1990 season, with the Buccaneers at 5–8 (.385), Perkins was fired as head coach and replaced by offensive coordinator, Williamson, on an interim basis.
References
edit- General
- "Tampa Bay Buccaneers History". CBS Sportsline. Retrieved December 8, 2008.
- "Hall of Famers by Franchise". Pro Football Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on August 22, 2008. Retrieved December 8, 2008.
- "Coaching Roster - Tampa Bay Buccaneers". Hickoksports. Retrieved December 8, 2008.
- Specific
- ^ "Tampa Bay Buccaneers". CBS Sportsline. Retrieved December 8, 2008.
- ^ "Tampa Bay Buccaneers Championship History". NFL Team History. Retrieved March 25, 2008.
- ^ "Bruce Arians' Coaching Record". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 25, 2008.
- ^ "Leeman Bennett's Coaching Record". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 25, 2008.
- ^ "John McKay Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 14, 2011.
- ^ "Leeman Bennett Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 14, 2011.
- ^ "Ray Perkins Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 14, 2011.
- ^ "Richard Williamson Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 14, 2011.
- ^ "Sam Wyche Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 14, 2011.
- ^ "NFL Coach of the Year Award". Hickoksports. Archived from the original on December 5, 2012. Retrieved March 25, 2008.
- ^ "Tony Dungy Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 14, 2011.
- ^ "Jon Gruden Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 15, 2022.
- ^ "Raheem Morris Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 9, 2021.
- ^ "Greg Schiano Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 4, 2014.
- ^ "Lovie Smith Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 9, 2016.
- ^ "Dirk Koetter Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 5, 2019.
- ^ "Bruce Arians Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 15, 2022.
- ^ "Todd Bowles Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 25, 2024.