Yarno named offensive assistant

The Bucs have added former offensive lineman George Yarno to their staff to serve as an assistant offensive line coach.

Yarno was an offensive line coach at Washington State and LSU for the past seven years and has been coaching for 17 years since his retirement from the NFL.

He played with the Bucs during two different stints, 1979-1983 and 1985-1987.
His addition to the staff likely means Aaron Kromer, who formerly held this post, isn't going to return. No word yet on what his future holds.

If Yarno sounds familiar for some reason other than playing offensive line, that's because you probably remember him kicking that extra point in the 1983 season finale. Here's the story in a nutshell:

Coach John McKay watches his team lose 12-9 to Green Bay in a Monday night game after erratic kicker Billy Capece missed two chip shots. After the game, McKay was asked about his kicker and responded saying, "Capece is kaput." Sure enough, he was cut the next day. The following week, in a game at Detroit, new kicker Dave Warnke missed his only attempt, and an exasperated McKay replaced him, too -- with Yarno.

Yarno made his only attempt, nailing an extra point with a straight-on, left-footed boot through the uprights. Just another of the many shining moments in Bucs history, eh?