On Saturday, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers conducted virtual interviews with Israel Woolfork & David Shaw for their offensive coordinator opening. Woolfork is currently the quarterbacks coach for the Arizona Cardinals. David Shaw is the Detroit Lions Passing Game Coordinator.
The Buccaneers are seeking to replace Josh Grizzard, who was one of five assistants with which the team parted ways on Thursday.
In 2025, Woolfork worked with Cardinals quarterbacks Jacoby Brissett and Kyler Murray, who combined to throw for 4,328 yards, 29 touchdowns and 11 interceptions. Arizona had the league's seventh-most prolific passing attack and finished 11th in interception rate (1.69%).
Woolfork began his NFL coaching career in 2022 with the Cleveland Browns, for whom he was the recipient of the team's Bill Willis Coaching Fellowship. He was hired by new Arizona Head Coach Jonathan Gannon in 2023 to tutor the team's passers. Murray started that season on the team's reserve/PUP list but returned to start the final eight games and throw for 1,799 yards and run for 244 yards while accounting for 13 total touchdowns. In 2024, Murray completed 68.8% of his passes and threw for 3,851 yards and 21 touchdowns while compiling a 93.5 passer rating.
Before joining the Browns, Woolfork spent nine years in the college coaching ranks, beginning with a graduate assistant post at Miami (OH) from 2013-14. He later coached running backs and wide receivers for the RedHawks. Woolfork played wide receiver at Grand Valley State and helped lead the team to a D-II national championship in 2009.
Shaw has extensive NFL experience as well as a 12-year stint (2011-22) as the head coach at Stanford University.
In 2025, Shaw had a hand in developing a Lions' offense that ranked fifth in both points per game (28.3) and yards per game (373.2). Detroit also ranked third in yards per play (5.97), passing yards per game (253.1) and interception percentage (1.37) while also fielding the league's eighth-best red zone offense.
Shaw left Stanford as the winningest coach in program history, as his squads won 96 games and three Pac-12 titles and appeared in eight bowl games, including two Rose Bowls. He was chosen as the conference's Coach of the Year four times, the most in Pac-12 history. He was on the Cardinal's staff four for five years before taking over as head coach, tutoring wide receivers and eventually serving as offensive coordinator.
Prior to joining the Lions last year, Shaw had previous experience in the NFL ranks from 1997-2005 with the Eagles, Raiders and Ravens. He coached both the quarterbacks and wide receivers for Baltimore on Brian Billick's staff from 2002-04 before concentrating on receivers in 2005.
