CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Carolina Panthers added the final main piece of Frank Reich’s teaching employees, hiring Thomas Brown as offensive coordinator Friday.
The group has now crammed all three coordinator positions.
After deciding to not retain final yr’s interim coach, Steve Wilks, who’s Black, the Panthers have employed two Black coordinators in Brown and Ejiro Evero, who will coach the protection.
Brown, 36, was an assistant head coach/tight ends coach for the Los Angeles Rams final yr beneath Sean McVay. Brown has spent the previous three seasons in Los Angeles and was the group’s assistant head coach/operating backs coach when the Rams received the Tremendous Bowl two years in the past.
The Panthers additionally introduced Friday they’ve employed Tem Lukabu as outdoors linebackers coach, Bert Watts as safeties coach and Devin Fitzsimmons as assistant particular groups coach.
Brown interviewed for the Houston Texans’ head-coaching place earlier than the group settled on DeMeco Ryans.
Brown has spent 12 years as an NFL assistant and has labored on the faculty stage. He performed 4 seasons at Georgia (2004-07) as a operating again. He’s tenth on Bulldogs’ all-time speeding listing.
It is unclear whether or not Reich or Brown will name performs for the Panthers, however Reich indicated as his introductory information convention that he enjoys that a part of the job.
Carolina’s offensive employees consists of senior assistant Jim Caldwell, operating backs coach Duce Staley, quarterbacks coach Josh McCown and passing sport coordinator Parks Frazier. Carolina additionally retained offensive line coach James Campen and assistant offensive line coach Robert Kugler from final season.