Brad Idzik is in his first season as offensive coordinator for the Carolina Panthers, joining the team after one season in Tampa Bay as the wide receivers coach. Prior to joining the Buccaneers staff, Idzik spent four seasons as a member of the Seattle Seahawks coaching staff.
While with Tampa Bay, wide receiver Mike Evans reached the 1,000-yard mark for the 10th consecutive season and became the first player ever to record 60+ receptions in each of his first 10- seasons. He and teammate Chris Godwin were one-of-three pairs of teammates in 2023 to record at least 75 receptions and 950 receiving yards.
Idzik joined the Buccaneers after spending the previous four seasons as a member of the Seattle Seahawks coaching staff, serving as assistant wide receivers coach (2019-20, 2022) and offensive quality control/assistant quarterbacks coach (2021).
In each of Idzik's four seasons as a member of the Seahawks offensive staff, wide receiver Tyler Lockett amassed more than 1,000 yards receiving, in addition to establishing a franchise record for single season receptions in 2020, with 100. Also in 2020, wide receiver D.K. Metcalf set a franchise record with 1,303 receiving yards that season, earning his first Pro Bowl selection. As a unit from 2019-22, Idzik's wide receivers amassed the second-most receiving touchdowns (92), the third-most air yards per target (11.6), the seventh-highest receiving percentage (65.7%) and the 10th-most total receiving yards (11,053) in the NFL.
During Idzik's time in Seattle, the Seahawks ranked first in completion percentage (67.6), third in touchdown-to-interception ratio (3.45), third in passer rating (103.3), fourth in yards per pass attempt (7.7), fifth in passing touchdowns (131), seventh in yards per play (5.75) and ninth in points per game (25.2). In his lone season as assistant quarterbacks coach in 2021, Russell Wilson earned Pro Bowl honors passing for 3,113 yards and 25 touchdowns in 14 starts.
After beginning his collegiate career at Lehigh (2010), Idzik played wide receiver for four seasons at Wake Forest University (2011-14). He graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematical business in 2014, accompanied by a minor in global trade and commerce, which he completed after a sabbatical term at Cambridge University in England. Idzik then joined the coaching ranks at Stanford, where he was an offensive graduate assistant for five seasons (2014-18) and earned a Master of Liberal Arts degree in 2019.
Idzik is a native of Palm Harbor, Florida. His father, John Idzik, spent 11 years with the Buccaneers as the club's pro personnel assistant (1993-96), director of football administration (1996-2001) and assistant general manager (2001-04). He has a younger sister, Holly, who resides in Orlando, and an older brother, Bryant, living in Brownsville, Texas.
