According to Stephen Holder of the Tampa Bay Times, the Bucs plan to use newly re-signed Jeremy Zuttah at center. Zuttah can play both guard and tackle, as well, but he will be snapping to quarterback Josh Freeman per the plans of the Bucs’ new coaching staff.

Jeff Faine has been the Buccaneers’ starting center since the club signed him to a six-year, $37.5 million contract in February of 2008.

Less than three weeks before Aqib Talib is slated to stand trial on a felony gun charge in Texas, a Tampa woman has filed a lawsuit claiming that Buccaneers cornerback Talib threatened to “put a cap in’’ her during a traffic dispute in December 2010.

The plaintiff said in the suit that before police arrived Talib threatened her. The suit, which seeks damages of $15,000, said the plaintiff suffered physical injuries from the crash as well as depression, anxiety and “severe emotional distress” from Talib’s threat.

The Buccaneers had no immediate reaction to the lawsuit.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are in search of dynamic candidates to be part of one of the NFL’s most elite cheerleading squads. Up to 34 cheerleaders will be selected for the team, which entertains fans at all Buccaneers home games and makes frequent appearances at community and corporate functions as representatives of the Buccaneers.

Optional pre-audition dance and technique classes are taking place each Tuesday and Thursday through March 15^th at various Lifestyle Family Fitness and YMCA locations in Tampa. Candidates also have the opportunity to attend a pre-audition seminar on Wednesday, March 7^th at One Buccaneer Place. The seminar will cover all of the “need-to-know” tips for an NFL cheerleader audition and will include a question and answer session with the Buccaneers’ Cheerleading department and alumni cheerleaders.

Candidates 18 years or older by July 1^st, 2012, and with all levels of dance/cheer experience are encouraged to attend the pre-audition classes, seminar, and preliminary auditions. All candidates must have a high school diploma or a G.E.D. by July 1^st, 2012.

On Tuesday, March 6^th, at One Buccaneer Place, Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Raymond James Financial representatives will present checks totaling $26,000 to three children’s hospitals for the “Kicking for Kids” program. Benefiting hospitals include All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg, Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children in Orlando, and St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital in Tampa. As part of the “Kicking for Kids” program, Raymond James Financial is donating $1,000 toward designated children’s hospitals for each of the 26 field goals made by the Buccaneers during the 2011 season. Since its inception in 2000, the initiative has donated more than $200,000 to children’s hospitals across the country.

Mike Sullivan named Bucs new Offensive Coordinator. The former position coach for Eli manning said he was drawn to Tampa Bay Buccaneers because of Josh Freeman

Bucs also released Albert Haynesworth ending a tumultuous three years during which he bounced between three different teams. The move also saved the Bucs about $7 million in salary money.

The Bucs have been having a hard time hiring key assistants for new coach Greg Schiano’s staff.  But they’ve finally landed one from Greg Schiano’s wish list.

In 1999 and 2000, Schiano worked for Davis at Miami, as the team’s defensive coordinator. Now the roles have been reversed. Butch Davis will be the team’s senior defensive assistant.

Davis was defensive line coach for the 1992 Cowboys and defensive coordinator for the 1993 edition of the team.  Both won the Super Bowl.

He thereafter spent six seasons as head coach at the University of Miami, before jumping to the Cleveland Browns.  Fired after four seasons in Cleveland, Davis resurfaced in Chapel Hill.  He was out of coaching in 2011.

On Saturday, February 11^th, former Pro Bowl LB and current Coordinator of Pro Scouting Shelton Quarles will host the third annual Celebrity Waiter Night to benefit the Shelton Quarles IMPACT Foundation. Event attendees will have the exclusive opportunity to be waited on by current and former Buccaneers and professional athletes while helping the IMPACT Foundation provide resources and opportunities for at-risk, single-parent families throughout Tampa Bay. The evening will include a cocktail reception, hor d’oeuvres and a multi-course dinner served by the celebrities. To make reservations, or for more information, visit www.sheltonquarles.org.

Since taking over as general manager of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in January of 2009, Mark Dominik has pushed the team to redouble its efforts to give back to the community. Dominik himself has taken part in many of these endeavors, but he has a particular passion for one form of community outreach. In December, he was nominated for the inaugural Salute to Service Award, to be presented by USAA to an NFL coach, player or staff member who has distinguished himself through his appreciation of military service.

Each NFL team had the opportunity to submit a nomination, and last week, that original list was pared down to 10 semifinalists. Dominik was named one of those semifinalists, a testament to the far-reaching impact that he and the Buccaneers have had with their military appreciation events in recent years. To read more about Dominik’s efforts to give back, click here or visit www.buccaneers.com.

It took the better part of a month, but after an exhaustive and somewhat controversial search throughout January, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers have finalized a five-year deal to hire Rutgers coach Greg Schiano as their new head coach.

After failing to land Oregon head coach Chip Kelly and flirting with the idea of bringing in former Green Bay Packers head coach Mike Sherman, the Bucs have settled on Schiano. Schiano was at Rutgers for 11 seasons, taking the team from college football laughing stocks to a program that has had winning records in six of the last seven years.

As former Titans coach Jeff Fisher was crossed off the Bucs Head Coach wish list, Mike Sherman’s name seemed to be the other one mentioned often, but the list has grown a bit.

Tampa Bay already has interviewed former Green Bay Packers and Texas A&M head coach Mike Sherman, Former Vikings head coach Brad Childress, 55, met with the Bucs today, Marty Schottenheimer is in town tomorrow for an interview with general manager Mark Dominik and Houston Texans defensive coordinator Wade Phillips will interview with the team on Friday in Houston as the Texans will be headed to Baltimore for the second round of the AFC playoffs.