Bryan McClendon begins his second season as wide receivers coach with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2025.
In his first year with the Buccaneers in 2024, McClendon led a wide receiver unit that combined to finish second in the league in receiving touchdowns (28) and tied for fifth in receiving first downs (144), while contributing to an offense that ranked third in passing yards per game (250.4) and third in total yards per game (399.6). Despite missing three games, Buccaneers wide receiver Mike Evans tied for fourth in the NFL with 11 receiving touchdowns and recorded 74 receptions for 1,004 yards. Following his 2024 Pro-Bowl campaign, Evans is now tied with Jerry Rice for most consecutive 1,000-yard seasons in NFL history (11). Buccaneers wideout Chris Godwin led the NFL in Weeks 1-7 in receptions (50) and receiving first downs (33), and ranked second in receiving yards (576) and tied for third in receiving touchdowns (five) prior to suffering a season-ending injury. Under McClendon's guidance, wide receiver Jalen McMillan finished the season tied for second among all rookies with eight receiving touchdowns – the third-most by a rookie in franchise history. He recorded five consecutive games with 50+ receiving yards and a receiving touchdown – the second-longest such streak by a rookie in NFL history, trailing only Randy Moss, who accomplished this in seven consecutive games. McClendon helped the receiver unit overcome the injuries to its top two receivers, Mike Evans and Chris Godwin, with seven different receivers playing 200-or-more snaps.
McClendon joined Tampa Bay with 17 years of coaching experience, all at the collegiate level. He comes to the Buccaneers from his second stint at the University of Georgia, where he won a national championship in 2022 while serving as the team's pass game coordinator and wide receivers coach (2022-23).
During his most recent time with the Bulldogs, McClendon oversaw an offense that ranked second among Power Five schools in yards per game (498.9), third in points per game (40.6), fourth in yards per carry (5.4), sixth in passer rating (165.0), seventh in passing yards per game (300.4), and 10th in rushing yards per game (198.5).
Before his return to Georgia, McClendon was the pass game coordinator and wide receivers coach at the University of Oregon (2020-21), where he also served as the team's interim head coach during the 2021 season. Prior to joining Oregon, McClendon coached at the University of South Carolina (2016-19), working as the team's offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach.
McClendon started his coaching career at Georgia, where he held multiple titles, including graduate assistant (2007-08), running backs coach (2009-14), assistant head coach, wide receivers coach and pass game coordinator (2015) and interim head coach (2015). In 2014, McClendon was named National Recruiter of the Year by 247Sports following his recruitment of both Nick Chubb and Sony Michel in the same class.
He played collegiately for the Bulldogs (2002-05), appearing in 46 games as a wide receiver and bringing in 56 receptions for 830 yards and six touchdowns. During his time at Georgia, McClendon was a part of two SEC championship teams and played in four bowl games. His father, Willie McClendon, also played collegiately at Georgia, earning 1978 SEC Player of the Year honors and later going on to play four seasons for the Chicago Bears (1979-82).
McClendon and his wife, Amber, have three children: Bryan, Brooke and Brayden.
