Bucs interview two more candidates for special teams opening
Two more interviews for the Bucs’ special teams coordinator opening: Bucs assistant special teams coach Keith Tandy and Seahawks special teams coordinator Larry Izzo.
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The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are continuing their coaching search, as they have conducted two more interviews for their special teams coordinator opening.
The team announced Monday that it has interviewed both Bucs special teams assistant Keith Tandy and Seattle Seahawks special teams coordinator Larry Izzo for their special teams coordinator opening. With the two interviewed, there have been four total interviews for the spot after previous special teams coordinator Keith Armstrong retired.
Tandy has history with the Bucs, and it isn’t just as a coach. He spent six years with the team as a safety from 2012-17, and he came on to the team as a special teams assistant in 2020 and has a Super Bowl ring with the Tampa Bay from their 2020 season. Tandy is the in-house candidate for the Bucs, having been involved in the organization for a total of 10 years.
Izzo is the Seahawks’ special teams coordinator and has been since 2021. A former player himself in the league from 1996-2009, Izzo was not explicitly fired in Seattle but he was not retained after new head coach Mike Macdonald brought on Jay Harbaugh to serve as special teams coordinator. Izzo has been a coach in the NFL for quite some time, beginning his coaching career in 2011 with the New York Giants.
