Sources: Bucs stay in South, tab Robinson as OC

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are finalizing a deal to hire former Atlanta Falcons offensive coordinator Zac Robinson as their offensive coordinator, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Thursday.

Robinson was not brought back in Atlanta following the firing of coach Raheem Morris. The pair spent two seasons together, going 8-9 both years.

The Buccaneers fired first-year offensive coordinator Josh Grizzard earlier this month as part of an overhaul of the coaching staff under Todd Bowles. Tampa Bay ranked 21st in the NFL in total offense, a drop from No. 3 in 2024, and saw its scoring drop from 28.6 points per game last season to 21.4 in 2025.

Robinson will be Tampa Bay’s fifth offensive coordinator in five seasons — and the fourth in four seasons for quarterback Baker Mayfield. Byron Leftwich was fired after the 2022 season. Dave Canales helped Mayfield revive his career in 2023 and became Carolina Panthers coach. Mayfield had his best season in 2024 under Liam Coen, who left to become the Jacksonville Jaguars‘ coach.

In 2025, the Falcons ranked 14th in total offense and 24th in scoring as they tried to navigate the transition to Michael Penix Jr. as their franchise quarterback. Penix, however, suffered an ACL injury that required reconstruction surgery in November, and Kirk Cousins finished the season for Atlanta at quarterback.

Prior to joining the Falcons, Robinson started his coaching career as a Los Angeles Rams assistant, working his way up to passing game coordinator and quarterbacks coach in 2022 and 2023, working with Mayfield for four games in 2022.

Information from ESPN’s Jenna Laine and The Associated Press was used in this report.

Originally published at ESPN