Tampa Bay Buccaneers hire Virginia Tech staffer | Virginia Tech Insider

BLACKSBURG – The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have added Virginia Tech staffer Cody Grimm to its coaching staff, according to the Tampa Bay Times.

Grimm spent last season as a quality control assistant on the defensive side of the play after spending two years as a grad assistant.

The Bucs hired Virginia Tech alum Bruce Arians as its new coach on Jan. 8. Grimm will work with the defense and special teams units.

Grimm was a seventh-round pick by Tampa Bay in 2010 out of Virginia Tech. He was a linebacker for the Hokies from 2006-09 under coach Frank Beamer going from a walk-on to first team All-ACC performer as a senior.

The Fairfax native’s father, Russ, was a longtime offensive line coach in the NFL before retiring in 2018. He won three Super Bowls during a Hall of Fame career with the Washington Redskins. He won another Super Bowl as part of the Pittsburgh Steelers coaching staff in in 2005.

Mike Niziolek is the Virginia Tech football beat writer for The Roanoke Times. Follow him on Facebook and Twitter.