Bruce Arians came out of retirement to become the Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach in 2019 after spending five seasons as the Arizona Cardinals’ head coach from 2013-2017. During his first season with the Buccaneers, there wasn’t a ton of success, but following the 2019 season, Arians and the Bucs went to work and were able to grab the biggest fish in the sea in Tom Brady to help lead the charge.
The gamble of bringing Brady into the Bucs’ organization paid off as the team went on to win their second Lombardi Trophy in the first season with Arians and Brady paired up together. They went into the 2021 season as defending Super Bowl Champions but unfortunately did not get the same result as the prior year.
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Following the 2021 season, Arians made the shocking decision to retire as the Buccaneers’ head coach, naming then-defensive coordinator Todd Bowles as his successor.
As mentioned, the decision to retire was a shocking one and left many Buccaneers’ fans wondering why he would retire at this point. Of course, Arians gave his reasons multiple times, but still, for some reason, it never really sat right.