With a Top 10 offense in 2018, it was only a matter of time before former Bucs’ head coach Dirk Koetter would garner some interest from around the NFL.
It didn’t take long, as Koetter is reportedly the frontrunner to become the Falcons new offensive coordinator.
The Falcons fired their top three coordinators following their win over Tampa Bay on Sunday, and Koetter’s ties to the Falcons, and his success with quarterback Matt Ryan, make him natural fit to return to the position he served from 2012 to 2014.
Dirk Koetter’s interview with #Falcons set for this weekend — Koetter, Mike Mularkey and Darrell Bevell emerge as OC candidates to replace Sarkisian. https://t.co/JhZIKX2fnW
— D. Orlando Ledbetter (@DOrlandoAJC) January 2, 2019
Koetter leaves a Buccaneers team loaded with weapons but could go to a team with even more firepower than the Bucs. With an experienced former league MVP quarterback in Ryan, along with the NFL’s best wide receiver in Julio Jones, combined with a solid running game, if Koetter gets the job the Bucs defense will have their hands full. On the other side of the coin however, the Bucs personnel on defense will be very familiar with Koetter’s playbook.
Koetter was fired by Tampa Bay on Sunday night following the team’s second 5-11 season in a row. The Buccaneers have begun their search for a new head coach led by general manager Jason Licht who was retained by the Glazers.
Good match for the hard working coach. It did not work out in Tampa but you can only have respect for the effort he put in trying to make it work. I truly respect the man just hope Tampa can get someone who can leverage what they have and turn it into a winner.
I guess Mark Cook wasn’t fired after all.
Would prefer him out of the position. He has intimate knowledge about personnel on both sides of the ball
out of the *division
I’m fine with the Falcons being ultra-predictable. Knock yourselves out.
Good luck to him. Better luck to us.
He’s a good coach, he’s gonna get a job somewhere fast. If he doesn’t go to Atlanta, maybe he will go to Arizona.
I live in Atlanta, and according to the media up here this is already a done deal. Apparently, it was a done deal before the season ended. As a matter of fact, I first started hearing about koetter coming back to Atlanta after the Green Bay game (the Falcons game against Green Bay) about 3 weeks ago.