CHARLOTTE The Panthers added three new coaches to staff, and adjusted a number of titles for existing coaches, the team announced Wednesday.
In addition to new associate head coach and offensive specialist Darrell Bevell, who mentored Panthers head coach Dave Canales in Seattle, the Panthers are also adding longtime NFL assistant Carl Smith as a senior offensive consultant.
Among other identifiers, he's the father of special teams coordinator Tracy Smith.
The elder Smith has coached since 1971, and in the NFL since 1986. He was with the Seahawks as quarterbacks coach when Canales was starting his NFL career there.
Bevell, like Smith and several other staffers, was with Canales during his early years with the Seahawks (including the Super Bowl XLVIII title season). He has worked for the Packers, Vikings, Seahawks, Lions, Jaguars, and Dolphins before coming here. He's been an interim head coach twice, and spent the last four years in Miami as quarterbacks coach and passing game coordinator.
They also added special teams and defensive assistant Dwayne Stukes to the staff.
He has worked as an assistant coach for the Buccaneers, Cowboys, Bears, Giants, Jaguars, Rams, and Browns. He was part of the Rams coaching staff when they won Super Bowl LVI, and was with the Buccaneers as a player in 2002, when they won Super Bowl XXXVII.
He has 15 years of coaching experience, and was most recently special teams coordinator in Denver.
They have also made Pete Hansen the assistant defensive coordinator/linebackers, adding some over-the-top responsibility in addition to his position coach work.
Mike Bercovici is now the offensive passing game coordinator, working alongside offensive coordinator Brad Idzik and quarterbacks coach Will Harriger.
The full staff with titles is listed below, in alphabetical order.
- Daren Bates Special Teams Assistant
- Jessica Beckenstein Head Coach Assistant & Coaching Operations Manager
- Mike Bercovici Offensive Passing Game Coordinator
- Darrell Bevell Associate Head Coach & Offensive Specialist
- Dave Canales Head Coach
- AC Carter Outside Linebackers & Run Game Specialist
- Mayur Chaudhari Assistant Linebackers
- Keyshawn Colmon Offensive Assistant
- Jonathan Cooley Defensive Pass Game Coordinator
- Scott Cooper Director of Coaching Development
- Ilir Emini Defensive Assistant
- Ejiro Evero Defensive Coordinator
- Joe Gilbert Offensive Line
- Harold Goodwin Assistant Head Coach/Run Game Coordinator
- Peter Hansen Assistant Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers
- Will Harriger Quarterbacks
- Renaldo Hill Secondary
- Brad Idzik Offensive Coordinator
- George Li Game Management Coordinator
- Pat McPherson Tight Ends
- Rob Moore Wide Receivers
- Bernie Parmalee Running Backs
- Kevin Peterson Defensive Assistant
- Dean Petzing Offensive Assistant
- Carl Smith Senior Offensive Consultant
- Tracy Smith Special Teams Coordinator
- Dwayne Stukes Special Teams & Defensive Assistant
- Todd Wash Defensive Line
