AP

There will be no Mularkey in Tampa Bay next year.

According to Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network, the Titans have denied the Buccaneers’ request to interview tight ends coach Mike Mularkey for their offensive coordinator job.

Mularkey has had success as a coordinator before, and his work with Matt Ryan as a rookie in Atlanta would have been good background, since Bucs have the chance to draft one with the top pick in the draft.

But Ken Whisenhunt apparently valued Mularkey enough to want to keep him in Tennessee, where they need all the help they can get offensively themselves.