Ken Zampese enters his first season with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2026 as senior offensive assistant/pass game specialist.
Zampese brings more than 35 years of coaching experience to Tampa Bay, including over 25 seasons in the NFL. He joined the Buccaneers after spending the 2024-25 seasons with the Atlanta Falcons as senior offensive assistant. During Zampese's time with Atlanta, the Falcons posted top 10 marks offensively in yards per game (351.4 – ninth), yards per play (5.6 – 10th), rushing yards per game (128.1 – eighth), yards per rush (4.5 – ninth), passing yards per game (223.3 – ninth) and net yards per pass attempt (6.9 – ninth).
Prior to his time in Atlanta, Zampese spent four seasons with the now Washington Commanders, serving as quarterbacks coach from 2020-22 before transitioning to senior offensive assistant/game management in 2023.
Zampese also served as quarterbacks coach for the Cleveland Browns in 2018, helping guide No. 1 overall pick Baker Mayfield to a standout rookie season in which he set a then NFL rookie record with 27 touchdown passes in just 13 games, while leading all rookies in passing yards (3,725), passing touchdowns, completion percentage (63.7%) and passer rating (93.7).
From 2016-17, Zampese was offensive coordinator for the Cincinnati Bengals, overseeing a unit that averaged 318.7 yards of offense per game. He also previously spent 13 seasons with Cincinnati (2003-15) as quarterbacks coach, working closely with Jon Kitna, Carson Palmer and Andy Dalton.
Earlier in his NFL career, Zampese spent time with the St. Louis Rams (2000-02), Green Bay Packers (1999) and Philadelphia Eagles (1998). With St. Louis, he served as wide receivers coach in 2001 before adding passing game coordinator responsibilities in 2002.
Before his time in the NFL, Zampese worked nine seasons in the collegiate ranks for Miami (Ohio), Northern Arizona, USC and his alma mater, San Diego.
Zampese played wide receiver and kick returner at San Diego from 1985-88, earning the team's Special Teams Player of the Year award as a senior.
