The Tampa Bay Buccaneers will retain Dirk Koetter as head coach.

Koetter is 13-18 in his two seasons as head coach.

There had been reports that the Buccaneers would bring Jon Gruden back to the job this offseason.

Koetter was the Bucs offensive coordinator when Jameis Winston came to the NFL.

According to sources, there is a growing sense that Jon Gruden will return to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers this offseason.

Gruden responded to rumors of his impending return to Tampa Bay three weeks ago.

“I’ve got a job I’m trying to hang onto. I love football, I love what I’m doing and I can’t control all the reports,” said Gruden.

Gruden was fired by the Buccaneers in 2009 after seven seasons with the team.

Gruden joined ESPN for Monday Night Football in 2009.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers' offensive coordinator Todd Monken responded to a report that there's increasing friction between Jameis Winston and Dirk Koetter.

"I've been here almost two years and from a coach-player relationship, I have never seen anything close to what's being talked about between our head coach and our quarterback -- not one thing," Monken said. "What I want people to understand is this: The majority of players that I've ever coached in my life, at some point in our relationship, it's been strained. Fact. If you asked any player I've ever coached, 'Have you had strains in your relationship?' 'You bet.'

"The best man in my wedding was my roommate in college. You don't think we had strains in our relationship at times? My wife of 26 years -- that I wouldn't be who I am today without her -- that we haven't had times in our life where we've had strains in our relationship? And all a sudden it becomes news, that all of a sudden there's a strain? You know what's a strain? The frustration of being 4-9. That's a frustration, when you put everything into it [and it doesn't go according to plan].

"What you've got is a quarterback that's very competitive, a guy that wants to be great and has had a frustrating year -- probably some things on and off the field -- and a head coach that does an unbelievable job coaching our players and our quarterback. And that becomes news? Holy cow. News flash: We've got a strain in a relationship. There's not one person that can't say that that's ever happened before. That is a flat-out joke that that even becomes news."

The NFL has five teams ranking in the top-10 in DVOA on both Offense and Defense after Week 14. In an indication of how much turnover there's been in parts of the NFL, none of those five teams (Rams, Eagles, Vikings, Saints and Chargers) made the playoffs in 2016.

The Chiefs, Cowboys, Steelers, Falcons and Patriots also rank in the top-10 on offense, while the Jaguars, Broncos, Panthers, Ravens and Cardinals rank in the top-10 on defense.

The Seahawks, who have consistently been one of the NFL's top teams in DVOA during the Russell Wilson era, are just outside the top-10 in both categories.

Jameis Winston is denying a report that a rift has developed with Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach Dirk Koetter.

"Me and Coach Koetter have a great relationship, first and foremost, and we've got the same goal when we go out there on that football field -- and that's to win the football game. So it doesn't matter what anybody else can possibly say," Winston said after a loss on Sunday.

"Obviously, a lot of stuff can come out when we're not doing as expected, but that's false. Coach Koetter coaches his tail off, and he definitely supports me. So whatever anybody else has to say outside of that -- that's just water under the bridge, man."

According to the report, Winston has been frustrated this season by what he felt was a lack of support by the head coach.

Tampa Bay is 4-9 on the season.