On Jan. 22, 1996, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers hired Tony Dungy as the team’s sixth head coach in franchise history. During that offseason, the team was coming off of its 13th consecutive losing season (a streak that became an NFL all-time record after Dungy’s first season as head coach in 1996). And here Houston Texans’ fans think they have it bad.
That coaching hire turned the franchise around. Dungy would go on to lead the team to more wins (54) in his six seasons as head coach than Tampa Bay’s previous 11 seasons combined.