The Buccaneers are hiring Lori Locust and Maral Javadifar, the first full-time female coaches in franchise history, league sources said, making Tampa Bay the first NFL team with two female coaches on staff.
Locust joins the Buccaneers after working as the defensive line coach for the Birmingham Iron of the Alliance of American Football during the league's inaugural season this spring. In 2018, Locust served as a defensive coaching intern for the Baltimore Ravens during the team's training camp and, from 2017-18, worked as a defensive line/linebackers coach and co-special teams coordinator for the Lehigh Valley Steelhawks of the National Arena League.