The Tampa Bay Buccaneers today announced the following promotions for football operations staff:

Emmett Clifford College Scout

Sean Conley Assistant Director of Pro Scouting

Donovan Cotton Assistant Director of Pro Scouting

Korey Finnie NFS Scout

Tony Hardie Assistant Director of College Scouting

Shannon Hogue Pro Scout

Byron Kiefer Senior Personnel Executive

Zach Smith College Scout

Alec Wargo Equipment Manager

Clifford enters his third season with the Buccaneers and his first as a college scout. In his current role, he is responsible for scouting the Northeast region. Previously, Clifford spent his first two seasons in Tampa Bay as a scouting assistant (2022-24).

Conley begins his seventh season with Tampa Bay and his first as an assistant director of pro scouting. Conley began his career with the Buccaneers as a scouting assistant for three seasons (2018-21) before spending three years as a pro scout (2021-24).

Cotton enters his 11th season with the Buccaneers and his first as an assistant director of pro scouting. He spent the previous nine seasons as an area scout after beginning his career in Tampa Bay as a scouting assistant in 2014.

Conley and Cotton – working with Director of Pro Scouting Shane Scannell and Director of Player Personnel Rob McCartney – help with advance scouting of upcoming opponents, evaluating players from all professional leagues, organizing player workouts, and evaluating free agents and college prospects.

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Finnie begins his third season with Tampa Bay and his first as the team's NFS scout. In his current role, he is responsible for evaluating players, gathering information and building reports on behalf of National Football Scouting and the Buccaneers. Prior to being promoted this offseason, Finnie spent his first two seasons in Tampa Bay as a scouting assistant (2022-24).

Hardie enters his 14th season with the Buccaneers and his first season as assistant director of college scouting. Prior to 2024, Hardie spent two seasons as a national scout having been responsible for scouting the Southeast region, in addition to overseeing the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast regions. He previously spent time as an area scout with the Buccaneers scouting the Mountain West, Mid-Atlantic and Midwest regions of the United States. Hardie began with the Buccaneers working as the team's combine scout covering the Southeast region for National Football Scouting.

Hogue begins her fourth season with Tampa Bay and her first as a pro scout. In her current role, she helps with advance scouting of upcoming opponents, evaluating players from all professional leagues, organizing player workouts, and evaluating free agents and college prospects. Prior to being promoted this offseason, Hogue spent two seasons as a scouting analyst (2022-24) following one season as a scouting assistant (2021).

Kiefer enters his 20th season overall with the Buccaneers and first as a senior personnel executive. Prior to his promotion, Kiefer most recently spent two seasons as assistant director of college scouting and the previous four as a senior national scout for Tampa Bay. In his role, Kiefer is responsible for coordinating and compiling evaluations of all draft-eligible players and helping to oversee the scouting staff.

Smith begins his seventh season with Tampa Bay and his first as a college scout. Previously, Smith served two seasons as the team's NFS scout, following four seasons as a scouting assistant. In his new role, Smith will be responsible for scouting the West region.

Wargo enters his ninth season with the Buccaneers and his first as equipment manager after being promoted from assistant equipment manager, a position he held since joining the team in 2016. He assists Equipment Director Brad Berlin in managing all of the team's equipment operations and logistics.

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