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Bruce Arians Retiring From Coaching To Move To Buccaneers Front Office; Todd Bowles Promoted

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers will have a new head coach in 2022 and it will be Todd Bowles, previously the team’s defensive coordinator.

Arians, who coached the Buccaneers to a Super Bowl LV victory a few seasons ago, is stepping aside and retiring from coaching, according to Peter King. He will be taking a front-office role with the Buccaneers effective immediately, the Wednesday night report states.

Byron Leftwich is the still the Buccaneers offensive coordinator.

A full statement from Arians is below.

Bowles, 58, who previously served as the head coach of the New York Jets from 2015-2018, became the Buccaneers defensive coordinator in 2019, when Arians was hired to be the head coach.