Another day, another Philadelphia Eagles offensive coordinator candidate to add to BGN’s tracker.
The latest news is that the Birds are set to interview former Tampa Bay Buccaneers offensive coordinator Josh Grizzard, according to a report from NFL insider Jordan Schultz.
Two things distracting me from his football background as I’m doing research on him for this blog post:
- I can’t not think of King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard when I see his name.
- Grizzard’s hometown is Lizard Lick, North Carolina. That’s incredible.
Anyway, back to Grizz. The 35-year-old played safety at Yale before beginning his coaching career as a student. Here’s a snapshot of his experience:
- 2012 — Yale student assistant
- 2013-2015 — Duke graduate assistant
- 2016 — Duke assistant quarterbacks coach/quality control coach
- 2017-2018 — Miami Dolphins offensive quality control coach
- 2019 — Miami Dolphins quality control coach
- 2020-2021 — Miami Dolphins wide receivers coach
- 2022-2023 — Miami Dolphins quality control coach
- 2024 — Tampa Bay Buccaneers pass game coordinator
- 2025 — Tampa Bay Buccaneers offensive coordinator
Grizzard joined the NFL on Adam Gase’s staff (totally forgot about Adam Gase being a thing) before being retained by both Brian Flores and Mike McDaniel through head coach changes. Interesting to see that Grizzard seemingly took a demotion to stay in Miami after his two-year stint as a position coach.
The Bucs hired Grizzard to assist Liam Coen in replacing Dave Canales as Tampa’s offensive coordinator. Then Grizzard replaced Coen as OC in 2025.
Grizzard’s sole season as a play-caller resulted in the Bucs ranking 19th in points and 20th in yards. He was fired after just one year on the job.
In fairness, Tampa dealt with a lot of injury issues in 2025. But it’s hard to ignore how the Bucs fell off a cliff and finished 8-9 after their 6-2 start.
There was a point last season when Baker Mayfield was generating MVP buzz, so, that much probably contributes to the Eagles having interest in him. But one would think they’re looking for either a more proven candidate or a higher upside swing.
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