TAMPA, Fla. -- More than a month after Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Dirk Koetter said he did not anticipate any changes to his staff, the Bucs will be making a change at defensive line. A source told ESPN that they have fired defensive line coach Jay Hayes.
The Bucs finished the 2017 season with 22 sacks, the fewest of any team in the league. They also surrendered 378.1 yards per game, more than any other team in the league en route to a 5-11 record. They were 9-7 in 2016.
Hayes came to the Bucs after 13 seasons as the defensive line coach for the Cincinnati Bengals, where he was lauded for the development of Geno Atkins, Carlos Dunlap and Michael Johnson.