Tony Dungy has a unique perspective on the man set to become the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ new head coach.



As a former Bucs coach himself who still lives in Tampa and worked with Bruce Arians almost 30 years ago with the Chiefs, Dungy, now an NFL analyst with NBC, says Tampa Bay made a good call in luring his former roommate out of retirement.



“He has the ability to get the most out of people, and that’s what I love about him,” Dungy told The Athletic Wednesday morning. “He knows offense, and he knows how to relate to people. That’s one thing he does very well. He’s a great communicator.”



Dungy, 63, has been retired from coaching for 10 years, and he said that while the NFL’s trend has been to seek younger head coaches — the Packers’ Matt LaFleur and the Cardinals’ Kliff Kingsbury, hired this week, are both just 39 — he is happy to see a team go after the experience and leadership that...