Bucs Assistant Coach Tests Positive for COVID-19

Two other Tampa Bay coaches have also reportedly been quarantined.

As the NFL world hopes and prepares for the 2020 season, positive COVID-19 test results have started popping up for multiple teams, and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are now among them.

One of the Bucs' assistant coaches has tested positive, and two others have been quarantined, per ESPN's Adam Schefter:

One Buccaneers’ assistant coach has tested positive for COVID-19, and two other Tampa Bay assistants have been quarantined, per sources. The one Buccaneers’ assistant coach who tested positive is asymptomatic.

— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) June 19, 2020

The Athletic's Greg Auman is also confirming Schefter's report: 

I can confirm that a Bucs assistant coach has tested positive for COVID-19, with two other assistants placed in quarantine as part of the team's precautionary protocols. Names have not been disclosed. Coaches returned to team facility on Monday. First reported by @AdamSchefter.

— Greg Auman (@gregauman) June 19, 2020

AllBucs has reached out to the Bucs to confirm the report, and we'll update this story as soon as we receive a response.

This report comes on the heels of news that multiple members of the Dallas Cowboys and Houston Texans have also tested positive. The NFL is still planning to have their 2020 season, in full and on schedule, despite the current pandemic.