The Tampa Bay Buccaneers went all season long without their hand-picked offensive coordinator. That won’t be the case in 2015.

The team on Thursday announced that former Falcons play-caller Dirk Koetter has been hired to lead Lovie Smith’s offense. NFL Media Insider Ian Rapoport reported that Koetter agreed to a two-year deal with a team option for a third. A source informed of the situation told Rapoport that Koetter was Tampa’s top choice.

It’s an intriguing hire for the Bucs, who land Koetter after he spent the past two seasons in Atlanta following five years as a play-caller for the Jaguars. The Bucs desperately needed to find a leader on offense after losing former coordinator Jeff Tedford, who took an indefinite leave from the Bucs in September following a coronary angioplasty prior to the season. In his absence, quarterbacks coach Marcus Arroyo served as Tampa’s interim play-caller.

via Marc Sessler of NFL.com