Mike Caldwell is officially set to join the Jacksonville Jaguars as their defensive coordinator, but he won’t be coming from Tampa alone. According to The Athletic’s Greg Auman, Cody Grimm, who is a defensive and special teams assistant for the Buccaneers, is set to also join the staff as a safeties coach.
Mike Caldwell will take one Bucs assistant with him to the Jaguars — Cody Grimm, a defensive and special teams assistant in Tampa the last three years, will be the Jacksonville safeties coach.
— Greg Auman (@gregauman) February 11, 2022
Grimm joined the Bucs’ staff in 2019 just as Caldwell did, which was the year Bruce Arians took the job as head coach. It marked Grimm’s first experience as a coach and allowed him to play for the team that drafted him out of Virginia Tech in 2010 in the seventh round.
New Jaguars safeties coach Cody Grimm is only 34, played safety for Bucs from 2010-12, coached there 2019-21. Follows Mike Caldwell to Jacksonville.
— Greg Auman (@gregauman) February 11, 2022
Grimm is the son of former NFL offensive line coach Russ Grimm and is the brother of former Washington Commanders outside linebackers coach Chad Grimm.
Grimm assisted with a defensive unit that was third overall against the run in 2021 (allowing a 92.5 average) and had a secondary that ranked second in Pro Football Focus’ last secondary rankings for 2021. The notables on the defensive unit Grimm worked with in the process included inside linebackers Lavonte David and Devin White, defensive tackle Vita Vea, and safety Antoine Winfield Jr., to name a few.
The last assistant to coach the Jags’ safeties group was Chris Ash, who was named to Urban Meyer’s staff last season. However, Ash signed with Josh McDaniels and the Las Vegas Raiders as a secondary coach after Meyer’s staff was mostly allowed to find new jobs.