Dolphins assistant coach Josh Grizzard joins Buccaneers staff

Miami loses a coach who’s been with the team since 2017.

During this period of the NFL calendar, there isn’t much happening as far as player movement, but coaching staffs are being set around the league with teams making their hirings.

The Miami Dolphins lost one of their coaches on Thursday, as quality control coach Josh Grizzard joined the Tampa Bay Buccaneers coaching staff, according to KPRC2’s Aaron Wilson.

Grizzard, 33, joined the Dolphins back in 2017 as a quality control coach following his time with Yale and Duke. He held that position for three years before becoming the team’s wide receivers coach for the final two seasons of Brian Flores’ tenure in Miami (2020-21).

When Mike McDaniel arrived in South Florida and brought Wes Welker with him, Grizzard moved back to quality control for 2022-23.

Now, he’ll have the opportunity to take on a larger role with the Buccaneers as their pass-game coordinator.

Grizzard joins a long list of assistant coaches who will not return in Miami following their second wild-card loss in two years under McDaniel’s control.

Buccaneers hire new passing game coordinator under OC Liam Coen

New Bucs passing game Josh Grizzard previously spent seven years with the Miami Dolphins.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have made another hire to their offensive staff under new offensive coordinator Liam Coen.

The Bucs announced Thursday that they’ve hired Josh Grizzard as their passing game coordinator. Grizzard has been with the Miami Dolphins since 2017, and now he moves a little up north to join Tampa Bay and Coen.

Grizzard has done some different work with Miami in the seven years he has coached there. He’s served as a quality control coach for the offensive for five of those years, and he’s also served as the team’s wide receivers coach from 2020-21. Now, he’ll enter his second NFL job with the Bucs as their passing game coordinator, which will help whoever is quarterback in Tampa Bay for the 2024 season.

The team also announced the known hires of wide receivers coach Bryan McLendon and assistant offensive line coach Brian Piccuci.

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