Bucs assistant common supervisor Mike Greenberg is taking part within the NFL’s Accelerator Program. This system was based in 2022 and took a one yr pause final yr, however is again for the 2026 season.
The initially supposed function of the accelerator program is to have candidates get collectively for management growth and networking alternatives with as many groups as doable represented. The objective is to proceed constructing a various hiring pipeline for future head coach and common supervisor positions all through the NFL. With a restored construction this yr, the main target is on folks with extra readiness for the top coach and common supervisor roles. This occasion takes place in Orlando, Florida on Monday and Tuesday.
Bucs assistant GM Mike Greenberg and GM Jason Licht – Photograph by: Cliff Welch/PR
Notable names attending this yr alongside facet Bucs assistant common supervisor Mike Greenberg embrace Chargers offensive coordinator and former head coach Mike McDaniel, Falcons defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich and Jaguars offensive coordinator Grant Udinksi. No one was there representing the Panthers or Saints, the opposite two rivals of the Bucs within the NFC South division.
Former Bucs quarterbacks coach Thad Lewis attended the occasion for Tampa Bay in 2024 and 2023. Senior Director of Analysis Jacqueline Davidson and former offensive coordinator Byron Leftwich have additionally attended this system. This yr Mike Greenberg attends for the primary time. Greenberg has had interviews for common supervisor positions earlier than, however has remained in Tampa Bay.
Historical past Of Bucs Assistant GM Mike Greenberg
Tampa Bay has been extremely lucky to have Greenberg round since 2010 when he was employed by former common supervisor Mark Dominik as a personnel assistant. He has been a useful member of Tampa Bay’s entrance workplace all through his time with the staff.
Way more than the wage capologist that he’s usually depicted being, Greenberg is the trusted strategist of the Bucs’ brass, and truly runs all the funds for the soccer facet of the group – not simply the wage cap. Greenberg units the funds and oversees the purchases for the staff’s journey, tools, video, scouting, and groundskeeping. Greenberg has been a inventive innovator when it comes to contract construction and has been a contract trendsetter across the league. Different groups have copied his structuring type, which has developed all through the years.
Bucs Assistant Basic Supervisor Mike Greenberg – Photograph by: Cliff Welch P/R
Extra importantly than his monetary wizardry, Greenberg can be common supervisor Jason Licht’s right-hand man. Licht has a singular relationship with him after the 2 have labored collectively for a decade, and each of them collaborate on loads of vital personnel selections.
Greenberg’s function with the entrance workplace isn’t restricted to free company, both. He’s additionally the commerce strategist for the Bucs on draft weekend. Greenberg has assisted Licht with compensation technique in the course of the instances the final supervisor has moved up and down in sure rounds over time. The Bucs’ entrance workplace excellence ought to proceed in 2026 with the staff of Licht and Greenberg main the best way for the Bucs.
Bucs GM Jason Licht and assistant GM Mike Greenberg – Photograph by: Cliff Welch/PR
Greenberg has been positioning himself for a common supervisor job when the best alternative got here, and he’s taken two interviews – with one in 2023 and one other in 2024. Greenberg interviewed with the Panthers in the course of the 2023 offseason earlier than they determined to go along with Dan Morgan and pair him with Bucs offensive coordinator Dave Canales. He additionally took an interview in January of 2024 for the Jets common supervisor place, which he needed attributable to rising up in New York as a Jets fan. As an alternative, the staff employed Darren Mougey to be the G.M.
Throughout final offseason in February of 2025, Greenberg was invited by the Jacksonville Jaguars to interview for his or her common supervisor emptiness. In the end, he determined to show it down and stick with Tampa Bay. If the Bucs had been to bounce again and achieve success once more on this 2026 season, it’s solely a matter of time earlier than groups could find yourself calling him once more.
