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Bucs Officially Name Olson New QBs Coach |
 Former Rams offensive coordinator Greg Olson is the Bucs' new quarterbacks coach (Getty) |
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers officially announced the hiring of former St. Louis Rams offensive coordinator Greg Olson as the team's new quarterbacks coach on Monday. Olson spent the past two seasons serving as the offensive coordinator for the St. Louis Rams. He also worked with Bucs Pro Bowl QB Jeff Garcia in San Francisco and Detroit,
The Buccaneers addressed their vacancy at the quarterbacks coaching position on Thursday by officially announcing the hiring of former St. Louis Rams offensive coordinator Greg Olson.
Olson, who served as the St. Louis Rams' offensive coordinator over the past two seasons, replaces Paul Hackett, who spent the past three seasons as Tampa Bay's quarterbacks coach before his contract expired at the end of the 2007 season.
After helping St. Louis' offense finish the 2006 regular season ranked fourth overall, the Rams offense slipped to 24th in 2007. According to ESPN, Olson was informed that he'd be replaced as the Rams offensive coordinator, but could remain with the club in another capacity if he chose to stay.
Instead, Olson decided to accept Tampa Bay's quarterbacks coaching position, which reunites him with Pro Bowl QB Jeff Garcia, whom he worked with in San Francisco and Detroit in 2001 and 2005, respectively.
Garcia completed 316-of-504 (62.7 percent) of his passes for 3,538 yards and tossed a career-high 32 touchdowns and 12 interceptions en route to making the Pro Bowl as a 49er in '01.
Before joining St. Louis, Olson worked as a quarterbacks coach for the Detroit Lions (2004-05) and Chicago Bears (2003).
A former quarterback at Central Washington, Olson worked as an assistant coach at four different college programs before he joined the NFL. That included his four-year stint as a quarterbacks coach at Purdue, where Olson helped develop New Orleans Saints QB Drew Brees.
Tampa Bay is expected to fill its vacant running backs coaching posiiton and assistant defensive backs coaching spot sometime this week or next.
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Comments
stone1
i could be wrong, but i live in st.louis, this guy is a bum.there is no one better than this guy out there,come on. at least hackett was known somewhat as a qb guru, this guy sucks.but like i said what do i know.valero for olson doesn't seem fair but hopefully i'm wrong.go bucs
7:20pm, January 28, 2008
Horse
I am very excited as to what is going on. We are getting better, not just with players, but also with Coaches. Good choice.
Go Bucs!
8:25pm, January 28, 2008
docbravo
This guy can't be to much of a bum. The Rams sent several offensive players to the Pro Bowl in 2006. If not for all the injuries this year, they probably would have been back again. it's also it a plus that this guy has worked with Garcia in the past. It definately could be worse...(See Mike Shula, Clyde Chirstensen, etc.)
1:36pm, January 29, 2008
McGrady
Is Greg Olson related to former Redskin QB coach and current Arizona State OC Rich Olson? Rich Olson has coached several verticle offenses in the pros and now Greg Olson is coming from a verticle system in St. Luis.
Either way a QB coach from a verticle offense would only expand the Buc's ability to get the ball downfield with better accuracy and would improve Gradkowski's lack of touch on his deep throws. It gives good balance to an offense to have a coach from a different system help make the scheme more diverse especially with Galloway and the possibility of the Bucs drafting or signing another deep threat in light of Galloway's (not lately) history of hamstring pulls and cramps.
4:51pm, January 29, 2008
McGrady
Is Greg Olson related to former Redskin QB coach and current Arizona State OC Rich Olson? Rich Olson has coached several verticle offenses in the pros and now Greg Olson is coming from a verticle system in St. Luis.
Either way a QB coach from a verticle offense would only expand the Buc's ability to get the ball downfield with better accuracy and would improve Gradkowski's lack of touch on his deep throws. It gives good balance to an offense to have a coach from a different system help make the scheme more diverse especially with Galloway and the possibility of the Bucs drafting or signing another deep threat in light of Galloway's (not lately) history of hamstring pulls and cramps.
4:51pm, January 29, 2008
intwtf
Not sure what to think... guess we will just have to wait and see what happens.. In Gruden and Allen we trust...
8:49am, February 1, 2008
Horse
Dd we not already make our coments on this coach?
This was an announcement over a week ago.
what is going on Pewter Report?
7:44pm, February 7, 2008
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