The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have finalized their coaching staff for the 2025 season with some additions and revised titles.
Here’s a list of new coaches on Tampa Bay’s staff:
- Inside Linebackers Coach Mike Caldwell
- Pass Game Coordinator Kefense Hynson
- Defensive Line Coach Charlie Strong
- Run Game Coordinator/Offensive Line Coach Kevin Carberry
- Pass Game Coordinator George Edwards
- Run Game Coordinator/Outside Linebackers Coach Larry Foote
- Assistant Tight Ends Coach Jeff Kastl
- Offensive Line Coach Brian Picucci
- Pass Game Specialist/Assistant Quarterbacks Coach Jordan Somerville
Strong, 64, began his coaching career at Florida back in 1983. He worked for a number of schools before returning to Florida as their defensive coordinator under Urban Meyer.
Louisville hired Strong as their head coach in 2010 and he later departed for the head-coaching job at Texas. He spent three seasons in Texas before being fired hired as USF’s head coach.
Strong spent the 2020 season at Alabama as a defensive analyst and was hired as the Jaguars’ inside linebackers coach and assistant head coach in 2021. From there, he spent 2022 as Miami’s co-DC and linebackers coach and was hired a defensive analyst for Alabama in 2023.
For his career, Strong’s teams have produced a record of 74-53 (58.3 percent) over the course of 11 seasons.