It was just five days ago that the Detroit Lions announced they hired Scottie Montgomery as their new assistant head coach/running backs coach. Now, Montgomery is getting extra attention across the league. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers announced on Monday night that they have interviewed Montgomery for their vacant offensive coordinator position.
Now, before you start to panic that the Lions are going to lose out on a guy they just hired—and a very highly regarded coach—understand that this is already the ninth offensive coordinator the Buccaneers have interviewed. Montgomery joins Thomas Brown, Klint Kubiak, Keenan McCardell, Shea Tierney, Jim Bob Cooter, Ronald Curry, Dave Canales, Todd Monken, and Dan Pitcher as known candidates for the job.