According to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport and Mike Garafolo, the Bucs will be interviewing Georgia offensive coordinator Todd Monken on Tuesday for the vacant Tampa Bay offensive coordinator position. Pewter Report has reported that the Bucs were interested in Monken from the day Byron Leftwich was fired on January 19.

Whether or not the interview will take place in person in Mobile, Ala. at the Senior Bowl or will happen virtually is unknown. Pewter Report will have more on this story as it develops.

Monken Has Coached With The Bucs Before

Monken was the wide receivers coach (2016) and offensive coordinator (2017-18) in Tampa Bay under head coach Dirk Koetter. The Bucs offense averaged 20.9 points (ranked 18th) in 2017 and 24.8 points (ranked 11th) in 2018 with Monken calling plays. His signature game was a 48-40 upset at New Orleans in the 2018 season opener with Ryan Fitzpatrick at quarterback. In fact, Fitzpatrick set an NFL record with three consecutive 400-yard passing games to start the 2018 season. Fitzpatrick and Jameis Winston combined to throw for 36 touchdowns and 26 interceptions that season.

Monken, 56, was fired along with Koetter and his staff after the 2018 season and he landed in Cleveland as the team’s offensive coordinator. The Browns averaged 20.9 points per game that season and ranked 22nd in the league. Quarterback Baker Mayfield threw 22 touchdowns and 21 interceptions, while Pro Bowl running Nick Chubb ran for 1,494 yards, which was second in the league, and eight touchdowns.

Monken has been Georgia’s offensive coordinator for the last three seasons, helping the Bulldogs compile a 37-3 record while winning back-to-back national titles. Georgia went 14-1 in 2021 with an offense that averaged 38.6 points per game, which ranked 11th nationally. The Bulldogs were a perfect 15-0 in 2022, averaging 41.1 points per game, which ranked fifth nationally. With Monken calling the plays, Georgia thrashed TCU in the national championship game, 65-7.

Stetson Bennett, a former walk-on quarterback, finished as a Heisman Trophy finalist in 2022 under his development. The Bucs’ brass thinks highly of Monken from his time in Tampa Bay, and Bowles knows him as his son, Troy, will be a freshman linebacker this year at Georgia. He’s is the highest-paid assistant coach in college, making $2 million per year. So the Glazers would have to open the checkbook to lure him back to Tampa Bay.