Super Bowl-Winning Coach Bruce Arians to Undergo Open Heart Surgery, Prompting Outpouring of Support as NFL Community Rallies Around Beloved Veteran Leader
Super Bowl-winning head coach Bruce Arians will be undergoing open-heart surgery on Feb. 6 as the latest development with his health problems.
It’s unknown why the 73-year-old is undergoing surgery this time.
While on the “Today” show as a guest alongside former top NFL tight end Rob Gronkowski, Arians made the announcement while promoting a Super Bowl commercial about prostate cancer screening after he was diagnosed with it in 2007 and had cancerous cells removed from his nose in 2013.
Buccaneers Special Assistant to the General Manager Bruce Arians smiles before the NFC Wild Card Playoff game between the Dallas Cowboys and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on January 16, 2023 at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida.
The two-time AP NFL Coach of the Year, who led the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to a Super Bowl win five years ago, was hospitalized twice while he was the Arizona Cardinals head coach 2016 — first when he was diagnosed with diverticulitis in the preseason and a second time for chest pains that November.
Things only escalated from there.
In his 2017 book, “The Quarterback Whisperer,” Arians revealed that doctors found renal cell carcinoma on his kidney after an ultrasound during the 2016 season, and he had surgery to remove part of his kidney in February 2017.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers Head Coach Bruce Arians is inducted into the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Ring of Honor at half-time of the regular season game between the Carolina Panthers and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on January 01, 2023.
Arians, who won two Super Bowls as an assistant, spearheaded the Bucs team that won in Tom Brady’s first year with the club following his split from the Patriots.
Arians holds a head coaching record of 80-48 across his five years in Arizona and three years in Tampa Bay. He stepped down after the 2021 season, giving way to Todd Bowles.
