86-year-old coach Tom Moore drew plenty of attention during the preseason game between the Buccaneers and Steelers on Saturday.
86-Year-Old NFL Coach Draws Attention During Buccaneers-Steelers Matchup originally appeared on Athlon Sports.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers moved to 2-0 on the preseason with a 17-14 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers on Saturday night. Teddy Bridgewater made his first appearance and threw a pair of touchdown passes after signing a deal with the Buccaneers at the beginning of August.
The Buccaneers also used Connor Bazelak and Kyle Trask at the quarterback position as they compete for the QB2 job with Baker Mayfield locked in as the starter.
However, the story of the game was about nobody who was playing on the field. Rather, it was Tom Moore, the Buccaneers' 86-year-old senior offensive assistant.
Buccaneers' 86-Year-Old Assistant Makes Waves
Moore returned to Tampa Bay for his seventh season with the franchise, and a photo surfaced of him during the game that set the internet into a frenzy.
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"Tom Moore's dedication is incredible, 46 seasons is amazing!" one user wrote.
"Tom moore will never fail to impress me. Real legend. Legend never dies," another said.
The CBS NFL Instagram account posted two photos of Moore: one from now and one from the start of his coaching career.
Fans reacted accordingly to those photos as well.
"True dedication & insanely impressive," one fan said.
"What a legend," said another.
"Definition of a football lifer," another stated.
"Actual evidence of just Doin it for the love of the game," another fan said.
Tom Moore's Impressive Resume Includes NFL Legends
Moore has been around for a long time and has four Super Bowl rings: two with the Pittsburgh Steelers and one each with the Indianapolis Colts and Buccaneers. Moore has also coached legends such as Terry Bradshaw, Barry Sanders, Peyton Manning and Tom Brady, to name a few.
Here is a rundown of Moore's entire coaching career, per Pro Football Reference.
- 1961-1962: Freshman Coach at the University of Iowa
- 1965-1968: Offensive Assistant at Dayton
- 1969: Offensive Coordinator at Wake Forest
- 1970-1971: Offensive Assistant at Georgia Tech
- 1972-1973: Offensive Assistant at the University of Minnesota
- 1974: Offensive Assistant at New York Stars (World Football League)
- 1975-1976: Offensive Assistant at Minnesota
- 1977-1989: WR coach, OC with Pittsburgh Steelers
- 1990-1993: Associate Head Coach, WR coach with Minnesota Vikings
- 1994-1996: QB coach, OC with Detroit Lions
- 1997: RB coach with New Orleans Saints
- 1998-2010: OC and Senior OC with Indianapolis Colts
- 2011: Offensive Consultant with New York Jets
- 2012: Offensive Consultant with Tennessee Titans
- 2013-2017: Assistant head coach/OC with Arizona Cardinals
- 2019-2025: Senior Offensive Assistant with Buccaneers
Before the 2023 season, Moore spoke about not being a head coach ever in his career, and he seemed content with that.
"I want my legacy to be â I want to be thought of as a great assistant coach," Moore said, via Brianna Dix of Buccaneers.com. "I am not going to be a head coach. So, I do not worry about that. I just wanted to be the best assistant that I could be, and I wanted to do everything that I could possibly do to help the players that I coached be as good as they could be. That is my responsibility. I want to be thought of as a person that did that by the people that I work for: owners, GMs, coaches, and the players that I coached."
Moore turns 87 on November 7, two days before the Week 10 games against the New England Patriots.
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This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Aug 17, 2025, where it first appeared.
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