Just over a calendar year after leading the team to a Super Bowl championship, Bruce Arians is retiring from coaching, the team announced on Wednesday. The news was first reported by NBC Sports’ Peter King and Sam Farmer of the Los Angeles Times. Arians will take a role in Tampa Bay’s front office, he later confirmed to SI‘s Albert Breer.
Arians’s new role will be senior football consultant. Defensive coordinator Todd Bowles has been announced as the team’s new head coach.
Arians, 69, was Tampa Bay’s head coach for three seasons, culminating with a victory in Super Bowl LV.