Thursday, March 16, 2006

Staff Injection - Official Buccaneers Website
It was 10 years ago, but the Tampa Bay Buccaneers won’t soon forget the last time they turned to the University of Southern California to find a defensive line coach.

Hopefully, they’ll find the experience similarly rewarding this time around, in the person of new defensive line coach Jethro Franklin...

...On Thursday, the Bucs announced the hiring of seven new assistant coaches, including two who have left the USC staff to jump to the NFL. Ten years after hiring Rod Marinelli to coach their D-Line and shortly after Marinelli left to become the Detroit Lions new head coach, the Buccaneers have filled that position with the Trojans’ Franklin...

...The team’s new defensive backs coach, Greg Burns, is also fresh off that USC staff; he replaces Mike Tomlin, who is now the defensive coordinator for the Minnesota Vikings...

...If the Bucs were to turn to the NCAA again in 2006, it’s hard to imagine a better source for coaching talent than USC, which has been the closest thing to a dynasty college football has seen in some time...

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