Jon Gruden was the Buccaneers' head coach between 2002 and 2008.
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 seven head coaches for the Buccaneers franchise. The team has played over 500 games in 32 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.[2] 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).[3] Leeman Bennett has the lowest winning percentage (.125) of all Buccaneers coaches.[4] The current head coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers is Raheem Morris, who was hired on January 16, 2009.
Key[]
| # | Number of coaches |
| GC | Games coached |
| W | Wins |
| L | Losses |
| T | Ties |
| Win% | Winning percentage |
| * | Spent entire NFL head coaching career with the Buccaneers |
| † | Elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame as a coach |
Coaches[]
| # | Name | Term | Regular season | Playoffs | Achievements | Reference | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GC | W | L | T | Win% | GC | W | L | Win% | |||||||||
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | John McKay* | 1976–1984 | 133 | 44 | 88 | 1 | .333 | 4 | 1 | 3 | .250 | [5] | |||||
| 2 | Leeman Bennett | 1985–1986 | 32 | 4 | 28 | 0 | .125 | — | — | — | — | [6] | |||||
| 3 | Ray Perkins | 1987–1990 | 60 | 19 | 41 | 0 | .332 | — | — | — | — | [7] | |||||
| 4 | Richard Williamson* | 1990–1991 | 19 | 4 | 15 | 0 | .211 | — | — | — | — | [8] | |||||
| 5 | Sam Wyche | 1992–1995 | 48 | 23 | 41 | 0 | .359 | — | — | — | — | [9] | |||||
| 6 | Tony Dungy | 1996–2001 | 96 | 54 | 42 | 0 | .563 | 6 | 2 | 4 | .333 | Maxwell Football Club Coach of the Year (1997)[10] | [11] | ||||
| 7 | Jon Gruden | 2002–2008 | 112 | 57 | 55 | 0 | .509 | 5 | 3 | 2 | .600 | [12] | |||||
| 8 | Raheem Morris | 2009–present | 32 | 13 | 19 | 0 | .406 | [13] | |||||||||
Notes[]
References[]
- General
- "Tampa Bay Buccaneers History". CBS Sportsline. http://www.sportsline.com/nfl/teams/history/TB. Retrieved 2008-12-08.
- "Hall of Famers by Franchise". Pro Football Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 2008-08-22. http://web.archive.org/web/20080822043445/http://www.profootballhof.com/hof/teams.html. Retrieved 2008-12-08.
- "Coaching Roster - Tampa Bay Buccaneers". Hickoksports. http://www.hickoksports.com/history/tampabaybucs.shtml#coaches. Retrieved 2008-12-08.
- Specific
- ↑ "Tampa Bay Buccaneers". CBS Sportsline. http://www.sportsline.com/nfl/teams/history/TB. Retrieved 2008-12-08.
- ↑ "Tampa Bay Buccaneers Championship History". NFL Team History. http://www.nflteamhistory.com/nfl_teams/tampa_bay_buccaneers/championship_history.html. Retrieved 2008-03-25.
- ↑ "Tony Dungy's Coaching Record". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/DungTo0.htm. Retrieved 2008-03-25.
- ↑ "Leeman Bennett's Coaching Record". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/BennLe0.htm. Retrieved 2008-03-25.
- ↑ "John McKay". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/McKaJo0.htm. Retrieved 2008-12-09.
- ↑ "Leeman Bennett". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/BennLe0.htm. Retrieved 2008-12-09.
- ↑ "Ray Perkins". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/PerkRa0.htm. Retrieved 2008-12-09.
- ↑ "Richard Williamson". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/WillRi0.htm. Retrieved 2008-12-09.
- ↑ "Sam Wyche". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/WychSa0.htm. Retrieved 2008-12-09.
- ↑ "NFL Coach of the Year Award". Hickoksports. http://www.hickoksports.com/history/nflcoy.shtml#maxwell. Retrieved 2008-03-25.
- ↑ "Tony Dungy". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/DungTo0.htm. Retrieved 2008-12-09.
- ↑ "Jon Gruden". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/GrudJo0.htm. Retrieved 2008-12-09.
- ↑ "Raheem Morris Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/MorrRa0.htm. Retrieved January 3, 2011.
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