The Tampa Bay Buccaneers reportedly fired offensive coordinator Byron Leftwich after four seasons with the team, according to Rick Stroud of the Tampa Bay Times.
Leftwich joined the team alongside then-head coach Bruce Arians in 2019 after a few coaching with the Arizona Cardinals. Tampa Bay enjoyed a top-10 offense during the first three years of Leftwich's tenure – though LeftwichHowever, a lackluster 2022 campaign rife with an aging Brady, an injured offensive line and poor play-calling led to an overall decline that eventually ended with the Bucs averaging just 18.4 points per game and winning just eight contests.
It's quite the fall for Leftwich, who was a hot head coaching candidate as recently as this past offseason. Hefrom consideration for the Jacksonville Jaguars job a year ago, which eventually went to Doug Pederson, and had also been cleared to interview for the New Orleans Saints head role, which went to then-interim Dennis Allen.
Prior to taking the Buccaneers' offensive coordinator position, Leftwich had been a coaching intern and then quarterbacks coach for the Cardinals under Arians from 2016-2018 following a nine-year career as quarterback for the Jaguars, Buccaneers and Pittsburgh Steelers. He was named interim offensive coordinator midway through the 2018 season under first-year head coach Steve Wilks after the Cardinals fired Mike McCoy after Week 8.
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