Buccaneers Coaching History
Between 1976 and 2018 there have been eleven head coaches for the Buccaneers franchise. Within this time period the team has played 676 games in 43 seasons since joining the NFL. Three Buccaneers coaches, John McKay, Tony Dungy, and Jon Gruden, have taken the Buccaneers to the playoffs, while only Gruden has won the Super Bowl with the team, at Super Bowl XXXVII. The team's all-time leader in games coached is McKay (133) and the leader in wins is Gruden (57) plus 3 postseason victories; Dungy leads all Buccaneers coaches in winning percentage (.563). Leeman Bennett has the lowest winning percentage (.125) of all Buccaneers coaches. The eighth coach, Raheem Morris, was fired on January 2, 2012. On January 26, 2012 Rutgers head coach Greg Schiano was hired as the new Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach. Schiano posted a record of 11–21 during two seasons in charge, before he was fired on December 30, 2013.
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John Harvey McKay - Head Coach (1976 - 1984)
Coach John McKay was the first head coach of the Buccaneers, holding the reins for nine seasons. He had previously won four national championships with the University of Southern California but was hand-picked by Hugh Culverhouse to take over the expansion franchise Bucs in 1976:
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| McKay Coaching Statistic | ||||||||
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||
| Games Coached | Wins | Losses | Ties | Win% | Games Coached | Wins | Losses | Win% |
| 133 | 44 | 88 | 1 | .333 | 4 | 1 | 3 | .250 |
VIDEO: Coach McKay Highlights
Leeman Bennett - Head Coach (1985 - 1986)
Tampa Bay Buccaneers hired him on January 23, 1985, to replace the retiring John McKay. However, Bennett's previous success did not come with him to Tampa, with consecutive 2-14 finishes in both of his years as coach of the Bucs. On December 29, 1986, he was dismissed by team owner Hugh Culverhouse:
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| Bennett Coaching Statistic | ||||||||
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||
| Games Coached | Wins | Losses | Ties | Win% | Games Coached | Wins | Losses | Win% |
| 32 | 4 | 28 | 0 | .125 | - | - | - | - |
VIDEO: Coach Bennett Highlights
Walter Ray Perkins - Head Coach (1987 - 1990)
Ray Perkins was introduced on December 31, 1986 as "my Vince Lombardi " by Hugh Culverhouse. Obviously the Bucs' then-owner knew another person with the same name as the former Packer coaching legend. Perkins was a total disciplinarian and immediately alienated many of his players with three-a-day practice sessions during his first training camp, and ruthless impersonal style in dealing with them:
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| Perkins Coaching Statistic | ||||||||
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||
| Games Coached | Wins | Losses | Ties | Win% | Games Coached | Wins | Losses | Win% |
| 60 | 19 | 41 | 0 | .211 | - | - | - | - |
VIDEO: Coach Perkins Highlights
Richard Williamson - Head Coach (1990 - 1991)
Williamson returned to coaching in 1983, when he was hired as an assistant for the Kansas City Chiefs under new coach John Mackovic. After Mackovic was fired following the 1986 season, Williamson was told by the new head coach that he would not be retained. He moved to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, working under fellow former Alabama coach Ray Perkins as offensive coordinator. When Perkins was fired late in the 1990 season, Williamson was named interim head coach:
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| Williamson Coaching Statistic | ||||||||
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||
| Games Coached | Wins | Losses | Ties | Win% | Games Coached | Wins | Losses | Win% |
| 19 | 4 | 15 | 0 | .211 | - | - | - | - |
VIDEO: Coach Williamson Highlights
Samuel David "Sam" Wyche - Head Coach (1992 - 1995)
Wyche was hired by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as head coach in 1992. He spent the next four years as head coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, where he drafted Derrick Brooks, Warren Sapp, and John Lynch, players who would be key members of the successful Bucs teams under his successors, Tony Dungy and Jon Gruden. Wyche was dismissed at the conclusion of the 1995 season.:
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| Wyche Coaching Statistic | ||||||||
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||
| Games Coached | Wins | Losses | Ties | Win% | Games Coached | Wins | Losses | Win% |
| 64 | 23 | 41 | 0 | .359 | - | - | - | - |
VIDEO: Coach Wyche 1994 Highlights
Anthony Kevin "Tony" Dungy - Head Coach (1996 - 2001)
Dungy achieved his dream of being an NFL head coach when he was hired by Rich McKay to reform the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, a team then well known for its lack of success, on January 22, 1996. Dungy installed his version of the Cover 2 defense with defensive coordinator Monte Kiffin with a few new wrinkles. The result was the now-famous Tampa 2, though Dungy openly admitted it was based on concepts he had picked up from his days in Pittsburgh:
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| Dungy Coaching Statistic | ||||||||
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||
| Games Coached | Wins | Losses | Ties | Win% | Games Coached | Wins | Losses | Win% |
| 96 | 54 | 42 | 0 | .509 | 6 | 2 | 4 | .333 |
VIDEO: Coach Dungy Ring of Honor Halftime Ceremony
Jon David Gruden - Head Coach (2002 - 2008)
Immediately after arriving in Tampa, Gruden significantly retooled the offense with the addition of numerous free agents. His determination to fix the under-performing offense, so often maligned during Dungy's tenure, inspired Tampa's defense to another #1 ranking, which helped the team to a 12–4 season. Both the offense and defense hit their stride in the playoffs; the Buccaneers posted a playoff per-game point differential of 23 points per game in victory. The Buccaneers Super Bowl vistory:
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| Gruden Coaching Statistic | ||||||||
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||
| Games Coached | Wins | Losses | Ties | Win% | Games Coached | Wins | Losses | Win% |
| 112 | 57 | 55 | 0 | .509 | 5 | 3 | 2 | .600 |
VIDEO: Coach Gruden Mic'd Up Highlights
Raheem Morris - Head Coach (2009 - 2011)
Morris earned his first victory as a head coach in week 9 against the Green Bay Packers. He finished his first year as the head coach, leading the team to last in the NFC South with a 3–13 record. In his second season, the team finished 10-6, barely missing the playoffs. That seven game turnaround was the best in franchise history.:
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| Morris Coaching Statistic | ||||||||
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||
| Games Coached | Wins | Losses | Ties | Win% | Games Coached | Wins | Losses | Win% |
| 48 | 17 | 31 | 0 | .354 | - | - | - | - |
VIDEO: Coach Raheem Highlights
Gregory Edward Schiano - Head Coach (2012 - 2013)
The Bucs' ninth head coach was Schiano, which was his first head coaching opportunity at the professional football level. The hire was generally considered surprising (as "college" coaches, historically, tend to experience a high rate of failure at the NFL/professional level):
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| Schiano Coaching Statistic | ||||||||
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||
| Games Coached | Wins | Losses | Ties | Win% | Games Coached | Wins | Losses | Win% |
| 32 | 11 | 21 | 0 | .250 | - | - | - | - |
VIDEO: Coach Schiano Highlights
Lovie Lee Smith - Head Coach (2014 - 2015)
Smith was formally introduced as the 10th head coach in franchise history on Monday, January 7, 2014. Talking about his first stint with the Bucs, Smith said: "We did lay a foundation for Tampa Bay Buccaneer football, there's a certain brand of football that you expected from us. That would be relentless, you play hard, physical, but there was a brand of football that you did get from us each week at Raymond James Stadium.:
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| Smith Coaching Statistic | ||||||||
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||
| Games Coached | Wins | Losses | Ties | Win% | Games Coached | Wins | Losses | Win% |
| 32 | 8 | 24 | 0 | .250 | - | - | - | - |
VIDEO: Coach Smith Highlights
Dirk Jeffrey Koetter - Head Coach (2016 - Present)
Dirk Koetter was announced as the 11th head coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on January 15, 2016 having been promoted from his role of Offensive Co-Ordinator where he had led the 2015 Bucs to the best offensive season in franchise history:
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| Koetter Coaching Statistic | ||||||||
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||
| Games Coached | Wins | Losses | Ties | Win% | Games Coached | Wins | Losses | Win% |
| 40 | 17 | 23 | 0 | .425 | - | - | - | - |
VIDEO: Coach Koetter Mic'd Up Agains Rams Highlights
