The Tampa Bay Buccaneers fired a veteran head coach with a track record of success, to promote offensive coordinator Dirk Koetter to take his place. So you would expect Koetter to be ranked ahead of where the guy they fired ranked, but it seems one person doesn’t agree: NFL.com’s Elliot Harrison has Koetter ranked as the 29th-best head coach in the NFL. Owch.
Koetter ranks slightly ahead of other newcomers in Gase and Pederson. This isn't because he boasts college head-coaching experience, having served as the top dog at Boise State and Arizona State. No, it's because he's already put in work with the team he's taking over.