Colts turn to former Buccaneers Head Coach for Latest Interview

The Indianapolis Colts have reached out to the LA Rams to request an interview with defensive coordinator Raheem Morris. Morris was the top coach for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in from 2009 via 2011.

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He started his teaching profession with the Buccaneers in 2002 as a defensive high quality management assistant and helped Tampa Bay win its first-ever Tremendous Bowl following that season.

Sources: #Rams defensive coordinator Raheem Morris will interview with the #Colts on Friday and the #Broncos on Tuesday. An skilled head coach, he’d match the mould for each groups that requested him. — Ian Rapoport on Twitter

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Morris rose shortly to the highest spot in Tampa Bay at simply 33-years previous. He was a brash-young coach who skilled the highs and lows of teaching shortly with the Buccaneers. He was 3-13 his first season earlier than a giant flip round to 10-6 his second, and the Bucs fell again to earth at 4-12 throughout his third.

Morris had a stint with the Washington Redskins in 2012 earlier than primarily restarting his profession with the Atlanta Falcons.

He was employed as a defensive backs coach by the Falcons in 2015 on Dan Quinn’s employees. He was a significant a part of the teaching employees as he was requested to cowl quite a lot of roles, together with vast receivers, earlier than being promoted to defensive coordinator in 2020.

Morris took over as interim coach for the Falcons in 2020 when Quinn was fired following a again to again 1-6 begins.

He was employed by the Rams in 2021 to be their defensive coordinator and helped them win the Tremendous Bowl.

A quick riser in his early thirties, Morris is now 46 and significantly extra skilled and wiser. He’s arguably rather more ready to be a head coach in 2023 than when he took over the Buccaneers in 2009. 

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