Todd Bowles says Buccaneers keeping him as head coach heading into 2026 season: report

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers won't beryllium joining the John Harbaugh sweepstakes oregon immoderate caput coaching search, for that matter, heading into 2026. 

Todd Bowles volition stay successful spot arsenic the Bucs’ caput manager successful 2026 aft gathering with the team’s owners, the Glazer family, Tuesday, according to the Tampa Bay Times,

Bowles did archer the outlet, though, determination volition beryllium changes to his coaching unit for adjacent season. He didn’t accidental what those changes would be. But it volition beryllium a antithetic look successful Tampa Bay aft a disastrous 2nd fractional that resulted successful the squad missing the playoffs.

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Tampa Bay Buccaneers caput manager Todd Bowles arrives earlier a crippled against the New Orleans Saints astatine Caesars Superdome. (Matthew Hinton/Imagn Images)

The Bucs were 6-2 to commencement the season, and galore believed they would triumph their 4th consecutive NFC South title. However, the Carolina Panthers won that rubric contempt losing to the Bucs successful Week 18 owed to NFL tiebreaker rules.

The Atlanta Falcons’ upset implicit the Los Angeles Rams successful Week 17 changed everything.

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There was immoderate chatter regarding Bowles’ occupation information if the Bucs didn’t marque the playoffs. However, the Glazer household and the remainder of the beforehand bureau are giving Bowles a accidental to redeem himself and the team, astatine slightest for 1 much season.

Tampa Bay won lone 2 of their past 9 games aft going 6-2, and they finished 8-9 connected the twelvemonth — the aforesaid grounds arsenic the Panthers and Falcons.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers antiaircraft coordinator Todd Bowles watches from the sideline during the team's crippled against the Carolina Panthers Dec. 26, 2021, successful Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Brian Westerholt)

Through Bowles’ 4 seasons starring the Bucs, the squad is conscionable 35-33 contempt their divisional success. They haven’t made it past the divisional circular successful those seasons, and Bowles’ champion grounds was 10-7 successful 2024.

However, not everything with the Bucs falls connected Bowles’ shoulders, adjacent if helium is their caput coach. Injuries played a large relation successful the team’s demise, particularly connected the violative line. There were besides semipermanent injuries for wide receivers Mike Evans and Chris Godwin, portion moving backmost Bucky Irving, who stole the amusement successful his rookie run successful 2024, was besides sidelined for aggregate games.

The Bucs anticipation that switching up the coaching staff, adding much reinforcements done escaped bureau and astir importantly, keeping the main person successful place, could bode good for 2026.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers caput manager Todd Bowles walks onto the tract earlier a crippled against the Miami Dolphins Dec. 28, 2025, astatine Hard Rock Stadium successful Miami Gardens, Fla. (Cliff Welch/Icon Sportswire )

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Given however the part finished, the NFC South is wide unfastened heading into 2026, though it appears the Panthers, Falcons and Saints are starting to drawback up successful presumption of competitiveness.

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