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List of Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coaches
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Buccaneers
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.
There have been twelve head coaches for the Buccaneers franchise. The team has played 628 games in 50 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. 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). Leeman Bennett has the lowest winning percentage (.125) of all Buccaneers coaches.
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| * | Spent entire NFL head coaching career with the Buccaneers |
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Coaches
:Note: Statistics are accurate through the end of the 2025 NFL season.
| # | Image | Name | TermEach year is linked to an article about that particular NFL season. | Regular season | Playoffs | Accomplishments | Ref. | Yrs | First | Last | GC | W | L | T | W% | GC | W | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [[File:John McKay, 1965.jpg | 60px]] | * | 9 | 1976 | 1984 | 133 | 44 | 88 | 1 | .335 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 NFC Central Championships (1979, 1981) | ||||
| 3 Playoff Berths | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 2 | 1985 | 1986 | 32 | 4 | 28 | 0 | .125 | — | ||||||||||
| 3 | [[File:1970 Baltimore Colts team photo postcard (Ray Perkins crop).jpg | 60px]] | 4 | 1987 | 1990After 13 games of the 1990 season, with the Buccaneers at , Perkins was fired as head coach and replaced by offensive coordinator, Williamson, on an interim basis. | 60 | 19 | 41 | 0 | .317 | — | ||||||||
| 4 | * | 2 | 1990 | 1991 | 19 | 4 | 15 | 0 | .211 | — | |||||||||
| 5 | [[File:Sam Wyche 1969.jpg | 60px]] | 4 | 1992 | 1995 | 64 | 23 | 41 | 0 | .359 | — | ||||||||
| 6 | [[File:Tony Dungy award cropped.jpg | 60px]] | † | 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) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | [[File:Jon gruden.jpg | 60px]] | 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 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | [[File:Raheem Morris 2015.jpg | 60px]] | 3 | 2009 | 2011 | 48 | 17 | 31 | 0 | .354 | — | ||||||||
| 9 | [[File:Greg Schiano at a 2019 Rutgers Press Conference (cropped).jpg | 60px]] | * | 2 | 2012 | 2013 | 32 | 11 | 21 | 0 | .344 | — | |||||||
| 10 | [[File:Lovie Smith (cropped 2).jpg | 60px]] | 2 | 2014 | 2015 | 32 | 8 | 24 | 0 | .250 | — | ||||||||
| 11 | [[File:Dirk Koetter 2013.jpg | 60px]] | * | 3 | 2016 | 2018 | 48 | 19 | 29 | 0 | .396 | — | |||||||
| 12 | [[File:Bruce Arians WFT-Buccaneers NOV2021 (cropped).jpg | 60px]] | 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 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | [[File:Tampa Bay Buccaneers HC Todd Bowles with Meredith Marakovits (71Zy1MYJ2tk).png | 60px]] | 4 | 2022 – present | 68 | 35 | 33 | 0 | .515 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 NFC South Championships (2022, 2023, 2024) | ||||||
| 3 Playoff Berths |
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References
- "Tampa Bay Buccaneers". CBS Sportsline.
- "Tampa Bay Buccaneers Championship History". NFL Team History.
- "Bruce Arians' Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Leeman Bennett's Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
- "John McKay Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Leeman Bennett Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Ray Perkins Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Richard Williamson Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Sam Wyche Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Sports Reference LLC.
- "NFL Coach of the Year Award". Hickoksports.
- "Tony Dungy Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Jon Gruden Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Raheem Morris Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Greg Schiano Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Lovie Smith Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Dirk Koetter Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Bruce Arians Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Sports Reference LLC.
- "Todd Bowles Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Sports Reference LLC.
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