Panthers coaching staff: Canales fills out offensive group, defensive coaches retained

Dave Canales has finalized his initial Carolina Panthers staff.

Thursday, the Panthers unveiled their entire staff with several new hires. Canales has revamped the offensive and special teams coaching units with former colleagues from the Seattle Seahawks and Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Canales, who retained defensive coordinator Ejiro Evero last week, kept the entirety of Evero’s defensive staff as well.

Here is a quick look at the entire staff:

* indicates retained coach

Head coach: Dave Canales

Assistant head coach/ run game coordinator: Harold Goodwin

Offensive coordinator: Brad Idzik

Senior assistant: Jim Caldwell*

QBs coach: Will Harriger

RBs coach: Bernie Parmalee

WRs coach: Rob Moore

TEs coach: Pat McPherson

Pass game coordinator: Nathan Carroll

OL coach: Joe Gilbert

Asst. OL coach: Keli’i Kekuewa

Defensive coordinator: Ejiro Evero*

DL coach: Todd Wash*

LBs coach: Peter Hansen*

OLBs coach: Tem Lukabu*

CBs coach: Jonathan Cooley*

Safeties coach: Bert Watts*

Asst. DBs coach: DeAngelo Hall*

Senior defensive assistant: Dom Capers*

Special teams coordinator: Tracy Smith

Asst. special teams coach: Daren Bates

Game management coordinator: George Li*

Director of Coaching Development: Scott Cooper

Offensive assistant: Mike Bercovici*

Defensive assistant: Mayur Chaudhari*

Defensive quality control: Bobby Maffei*

Mike Kaye

The Charlotte Observer

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