Two years ago Todd McNair became the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ running backs coach. In his first year Peyton Barber and Ronald Jones II combined to give the Bucs their first 1,000-yard rushing duo since 2015, when Doug Martin carried the workload for a 1,900-yard pairing combined with Charles Sims.
In his second year on the team, he’s helped get Jones to within 100-yards of the Bucs’ first solo 1,000-yard rushing season since the same year Martin did it those six seasons ago.
Six years ago, McNair was out of coaching and things didn’t look so bright.