Bruce Arians stepping down as Buccaneers head coach, taking front office position

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Bruce Arians is stepping down as head coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to take a front office position with the team, according to a report. 

The move comes less than 14 months after Arians, 69, led the Buccaneers to a victory in Super Bowl LV over the Kansas City Chiefs. Arians said his new role – which starts during draft prep for the team this year – would be "senior consultant for football," NBC Sports reported. 

"Bruce Arians is transitioning to the front office as our Senior Football Consultant," the Buccaneers wrote on its official Twitter account. "Todd Bowles has been named head coach."

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Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Bruce Arians looks on during the second half of an NFL football game against the New York Giants Monday, Nov. 22, 2021, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Mark LoMoglio)

Bowles had served as the defensive coordinator for the Buccaneers since 2019. He was previously the head coach of the New York Jets from 2015-2018.

Arians went into details of the decision, saying that Tom Brady coming out of retirement partially encouraged him to move on.

"It hit me after the Super Bowl," Arians said, according to the outlet. "I thought really hard about going out on top. Then it was like, nah, let’s go for two. [The 2021 season] was a grind with all the injuries but still winning and getting to where we got. Immediately after, two to three weeks afterwards [I thought] … if I quit, my coaches get fired. I couldn’t do it then."

"Tom was kind of the key," he added. "When Tom decided to come back … and all of these guys back now, it’s the perfect timing for me just to go into the front office