There have also been recent changes to Tampa Bay’s defensive coaching staff as the Bucs work to find a new offensive coordinator. Defensive assistant Mike Ciulko will not be with the team next season, according to Greg Orman of Fox Sports.
Bucks assistant Mike Kiulko, who served as the head coach’s assistant for four years and moved into a defensive role last season, is no longer with the organization. He joined in 2019 along with Bruce Arians.
— Greg Auman (@gregauman) January 29, 2024
Kiurko, who joined Bruce Arians in 2019, remained with the Bucks after Arians resigned as head coach and made way for the Bucks. Todd Bowles. Last season, Kiulco was named a defensive assistant on the organization’s website.
Could other Bucks coaching moves be made?
Bucks HC Todd Bowles – Photo courtesy of USA Today
Although the obvious ones have not yet been determined, Named offensive coordinator The coach might want to use Todd Bowles’ pocket money to bring in some of his own guys.
Perhaps the Bucs will need a new wide receivers coach due to the relationship between Brad Idzik and Dave Canales. Apart from that, are there any other changes? Although improved under Canales, Tampa Bay’s offense was middling, averaging 20.5 points per game. His rushing rate was still the worst in the league at 88.8 yards per game, but it was an improvement from the previous year.
Bowles has never been shy about firing offensive coaches. After his first year as Tampa Bay’s head coach, he fired offensive coordinator Byron Leftwich and numerous other assistant coaches were also fired or retired. Success and stability were expected with the addition of Dave Canales, but Canales was catapulted into the Panthers’ head coaching position thanks to the development of Baker Mayfield.
Bucs OLB YaYa Diaby – Photo courtesy of USA Today
Defensively, the Bucs fired assistant defensive line coach Lori Locust in 2022, along with the departure of outside linebackers coach Bob Saunders, but Bowles hasn’t stepped up as quickly.
George Edwards was brought in as outside linebackers coach for the 2023 season, with mixed results. Yaya Diaby had an exciting year with 7.5 sacks, while Joe Tryon-Soyinka was benched due to inefficiency and Shaq Barrett was sidelined.
Let’s see what happens next for the Bucks. Things will definitely look different from a coaching standpoint next season.
