Ex-Bucs coach Locust joins Titans as defensive assistant

Former Tampa Bay Buccaneers assistant defensive line coach Lori Locust will join the Tennessee Titans’ staff as a defensive assistant.

She joined Bruce Arians’ staff full-time as a defensive assistant in 2019 and helped lead one of the NFL’s most dominant defensive fronts over the next four seasons, a run that included a Super Bowl win in 2020.

A former defensive line player herself, Locust transitioned into coaching back in 2008, getting her first NFL experience as an intern for the Baltimore Ravens in 2018.

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The Bucs were also the first team in NFL history to have two full-time female coaches on staff.

Prior to her coaching career, Locust joined a women’s league at the age of 40, playing along the defensive line. She played for four seasons before a knee injury ended her career.