TAMPA, Fla. -- Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach Bruce Arians, who continues to receive praise for giving minority coaches opportunities, said Monday that it was his personal experience being overlooked that made him want to help others get recognized.
Arians, 68, won two Super Bowls with the Pittsburgh Steelers as an assistant, but he's coaching in his first Super Bowl as a head coach this week.
"I think probably because I didn't get a shot until I was 60 and Chuck Pagano had to get sick with leukemia for me to even become a head coach," said Arians, who, as an interim head coach of the Indianapolis Colts in 2012 was named NFL Coach of the Year before finally being named head coach of the Arizona Cardinals.