Bruce Arians Retires, Todd Bowles Named Head Coach Of Buccaneers

Buccaneers head coach Bruce Arians announced his retirement from coaching, handing the reigns to Todd Bowles in Tampa.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Bruce Arians announced that he will be retiring from coaching and move into a front-office role, handing the reigns to current defensive coordinator, Todd Bowles.

#GoBucs head coach Bruce Arians is retiring and heading to the front office. Todd Bowles takes over in Tampa.#NFL #NFLTwitter pic.twitter.com/BZqyMHYHCd

— Full Press NFL (@FullPressNFL) March 31, 2022

“Tom was kind of the key,” said Arians in an interview with Peter King. “When Tom decided to come back … and all of these guys back now, it’s the perfect timing for me just to go into the front office and still have the relationships that I love.”

Arians added that the right succession plan has always been important for him when he did decide to retire.

“With the organization in probably the best shape it’s been in its history, with Tom Brady coming back … I’d rather see Todd in position to be successful and not have to take some [crappy] job. I’m probably retiring next year anyway, in February. So, I control the narrative right now. I don’t control it next February because [if] Brady gets hurt, we go 10-7, and it’s an open interview for the job … I got 31 [coaches and their] families that depend on me. My wife is big on not letting all those families down.”

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Arians was hired by the Buccaneers prior to the start of the 2019 season. Tampa went 7-9 in his first season with Jameis Winston under center. However, the Buccaneers signed Brady the following offseason and the Bucs have gone 24-9 the last two regular seasons and 5-1 in the postseason, including a Super Bowl LV win over the Kansas City Chiefs.

Bowles, who arrived with Arians in 2019 as the Buccaneers’ defensive coordinator, previously spent four seasons as the head coach of the New York Jets where he became quite familiar with Brady and the Patriots.

The Buccaneers are in really good shape heading into 2022 regardless of who is coaching the team. Especially if they continue to commit to a pass-heavy offense as they have the last two seasons.