Bruce Arians

Bruce Charles Arians (born October 3, 1952) is an American football executive and former coach in the National Football League (NFL). Since 2022, he has been a senior football consultant for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Arians was previously the head coach of the Arizona Cardinals from 2013 to 2017 and the Buccaneers from 2019 to 2021. He was also the interim head coach of the Indianapolis Colts during the 2012 season. Arians is known as a "quarterback whisperer" with a "no risk-it, no biscuit" slogan, which encourages aggressive playcalling. Under Arians' coaching, several high-profile quarterbacks were named to the All-Pro team or Pro Bowl, including Peyton Manning, Ben Roethlisberger, Andrew Luck, Carson Palmer, and Tom Brady.

An offensive assistant for most of his career, Arians held his first NFL head coaching position with the Colts when head coach Chuck Pagano was treated for leukemia. As Indianapolis' interim head coach for 12 weeks, Arians guided a team that went 2–14 the previous season to a 9–3 record, earning them a playoff berth. He was named AP NFL Coach of the Year for the season and was the first interim head coach to receive the honor. His success in Indianapolis led to Arians becoming the Cardinals' head coach for five seasons, where he led them to two postseason runs, a division title, and an NFC Championship Game appearance in 2015. Arians also received a second Coach of the Year award after the 2014 season.

After initially retiring in 2017, Arians returned in 2019 to coach the Buccaneers. He led the team to their first postseason appearance since 2007 and first playoff win since 2002 during the 2020 season, culminating with a victory in Super Bowl LV. At age 68, he was the oldest head coach to win a Super Bowl. Arians retired from coaching a second time after the 2021 season and became a consultant with Tampa Bay.