Former Cardinals head coach Bruce Arians expresses interest in return to coaching

Former Arizona Cardinals head coach Bruce Arians revealed this week that he’s interested in returning to coaching in the NFL.

Arians told Jordan Schultz on the “Schultz Report” that he feels healthy enough to coach again after retiring from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2022 because of health issues.

“Now that I’m all healthy again, I’ve got the itch again, so we’ll see. Never say never,” Arians said.

The 74-year-old said his interest in coaching again happened in mid-September. He added that he’s available to coach as he’s no longer a senior consultant with the Buccaneers, a role he took with the organization after retiring.

“I miss the players in the locker room … Going to some high school games my son Jake is coaching out there in Arizona and just talking to him every day about ball and going to talk to their coaches in the spring and talk to the team and just got another fire that got lit,” Arians said.

Arians said that he’s not spoken to any NFL teams yet regarding his interest.

Arians landed his first head coaching job in 2012, filling in for Indianapolis Colts coach Chuck Pagano on an interim basis.

From there, Arians was hired by the Cardinals in 2013, where he coached for five seasons (2013-17). Under Arians, the Cardinals won double-digit games in each of the first three seasons, including going 13-3 in 2015 and making an appearance in the NFC Championship Game.

Arians initially retired from coaching after the 2017 season and spent one year as an NFL analyst for CBS before coming out of retirement to join the Buccaneers in 2019. He spent three seasons with the Buccaneers (2019-21), winning the Super Bowl in 2020.

Arians has an 80-48-1 career coaching record with a 6-3 postseason mark. He is a two-time AP NFL Coach of the Year.

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