The Tampa Bay Buccaneers fired defensive line coach Lori Locust, the NFL’s only woman defensive coach on Thursday.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers fired defensive line coach Lori Locust, the NFL’s only female defensive coach on Thursday.
The team announced the decision three days after the Buccaneers lost to the Cowboys, 31-14, in the wild-card round on Monday night. She was among a handful of coaching changes made in Tampa Bay.. The front office made the sweeping changes after a disappointing 8-9 regular season and another early playoff exit.Locust played as a semi-pro defensive lineman for the Central PA Vipers before retiring and going into coaching.
Other coaches let go by Tampa Bay were specialist Chris Boniol, wide receivers coach Kevin Garver, offensive quality control coach Jeff Kastl and running backs coach Todd McNair.
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