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The 5 winningest coaches in Buccaneers history

Take a look now at the five-winningest coaches in Tampa Bay Buccaneers history.

Bruce Arians finished 7-9 last season, his first year as Buccaneers head coach. But with Tom Brady and a new-look offense, the Bucs are looking to end their postseason drought and get back to the playoffs for the first time since 2007.

Arians would become the first Bucs head coach since Jon Gruden to guide Tampa Bay to the postseason. The Bucs will face off against Gruden and the Las Vegas Raiders this season, a rematch of Super Bowl XXXVII. It will be interesting to see Gruden on the other sideline, considering he’s the winningest-coach in Buccaneers history.

Can you name the other four? Let’s take a look.

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Buccaneers release statement on the passing of former head coach Sam Wyche

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers released a statement after the passing Thursday of former head coach Sam Wyche.

The NFL family lost one of its own yesterday with the passing of former Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Cincinnati Bengals head coach Sam Wyche.

Per ESPN:

“Wyche coached the Bengals for eight seasons from 1984 to 1991 and also was the head coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for four seasons from 1992 to 1995. He went 61-66 with Cincinnati and guided the Bengals to an appearance in Super Bowl XXIII, where they lost to the San Francisco 49ers on a touchdown pass by Joe Montana with 34 seconds left in the game.”

The Buccaneers released a statement of their own following the news of Wyche’s passing.

For those who don’t have super vision, here is the statement in its entirety, courtesy of Bucs senior writer Scott Smith.

Wyche was 74 years old. Our condolences to Wyche’s family and Bucs fans everywhere.

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Former Indiana coach Sam Wyche dies at 74

Former Indiana coach Sam Wyche dies at 74.

PICKENS — Former Indiana head football coach Sam Wyche died Thursday in Pickens, S.C., passing away just hours before the 2020 TaxSlayer Gator Bowl.

He was 74 and passed away after a battle with cancer according to a statement from Cincinnati Bengals owner Mike Brown on the team’s website.

Wyche was a former head coach for the Bengals and Tampa Bay Buccaneers and an assistant at San Francisco under the legendary Bill Walsh.

He was also an assistant at South Carolina in 1967 before moving on to the 49ers where we worked under Walsh (1979-82) before becoming head coach in Cincinnati and Tampa Bay.

Wyche was also a quarterbacks coach for the Buffalo Bills (2004-05) he later worked as a broadcaster and was an assistant coach at Pickens High School. He last coached high school football between 2011-19 as Pickens High School’s offensive coordinator.

Bengals issue statement on the passing of Sam Wyche

Mike Brown and the Bengals issued a statement on Sam Wyche.

Former Cincinnati Bengals head coach Sam Wyche died Thursday at the age of 74.

Bengals president Mike Brown issued the following statement:

“Sam was a wonderful guy. We got to know him as both a player and a coach,” said Bengals president Mike Brown in a statement. “As our coach, he had great success and took us to the Super Bowl. He was friends with everyone here, both during his tenure as head coach and afterwards. We not only liked him, we admired him as a man. He had a great generosity of spirit and lived his life trying to help others. We express our condolences to Jane and his children Zak and Kerry.”

Wyche played for the Bengals under Paul Brown before assuming the role of head coach in 1984. He helped pioneer the no-huddle offense dominant in today’s NFL and took the franchise to a Super Bowl.

His impact on the game is widespread and was emphasized in the outpouring of thoughts after the news of his passing broke:

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