Tom Moore, an 85-year-old member of the Buccaneers coaching staff, will once again make his comeback in the upcoming season as an active member of the squad.
My favorite tweet every year.
Tom Moore is coming back for a 46th season of coaching in the NFL.
The 85-year-old will be back with the @Buccaneers coaching staff in 2024, per source. pic.twitter.com/weZm0RcOfp
— Peter Schrager (@PSchrags) February 1, 2024
According to Peter Schrager of the NFL Media, “My favorite tweet every year. Tom Moore is coming back for a 46th season of coaching in the NFL. The 85-year-old will be back with the @Buccaneers coaching staff in 2024, per source.”
The veteran member of the National Football League has concluded his 45th season of coaching in the illustrious league. He has completed his fifth year with Tampa Bay. The senior offensive assistant has spent more than five decades in coaching.
According to the official site of the Buccaneers, Moore was honoured with an Award of Excellence by the Pro Football Hall of Fame for his long-standing contributions as an assistant coach in the football league. It was under Moore that seven-time Super Bowl winner and greatest of all time, Tom Brady, spent his last season.
Brady had concluded his season with 4,694 passing yards, including 25 touchdown passes and nine interceptions. He finished third in the league. Brady worked with Moore from 2020-2022 and in his time with the Buccaneers, Brady occupied second place in passing yards, and in passing touchdowns, he was tied for third position.
In the category of touchdown-to-interception ratio, he was in the third position as well. Moore, the decorated coach in 2021, assisted, and under his coaching, Brady joined the league of both Drew Brees and Peyton Manning. He became the only player since 1991 to lead the league in four leading areas in a single season.
The long-standing offensive assistant had given coaching to top-notch quarterbacks in the league. Under his guidance, Brady was able to reach incredible heights, including his seventh Super Bowl title. In his first season with the Buccaneers, Moore assisted the offense that was leading the league in passing yards and occupied the third position in total offense.
Moore’s coaching career began in 1961 with the University of Iowa, his alma mater, where he had his first coaching position. He had spent thirteen years in college football. He joined the NFL as a wide receiver coach with the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1977.
He had spent more than thirty-five seasons in the league and the teams he had been with went to twenty-four postseason games. Other than this they had 15 division titles and five appearances in the Super Bowl. The icons Moore has coached during his marvellous career are Terry Bradshaw, Franco Harris, Mike Webster, Barry Sanders, Marshall Faulk, Randall McDaniel, Cris Carter, Marvin Harrison, Edgerrin James, Peyton Manning, Lynn Swann, and John Stallworth.
Manning, one of the league’s brightest icons, had won four of his MVP titles under Moore’s leadership. He had also worked with Super Bowl-winning coaches such as Mike Ditka, Tony Dungy, and Chuck Noll.
