CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Carolina Panthers are parting ways with passing game coordinator Nate Carroll, a league source told The Athletic on Friday.
The son of former Seattle Seahawks coach Pete Carroll spent a year on the inaugural staff of Panthers coach Dave Canales, who knew the younger Carroll from their time together in Seattle.
Canales has now moved on from four assistants since the end of the Panthers’ 5-12 season. Outside linebackers coach Tem Lukabu, safeties coach Bert Watts and defensive quality control coach Bobby Maffei were let go last week. Rumblings about Carroll’s future also surfaced recently while his father was drawing interest in head coaching vacancies in Chicago and Las Vegas.
Carroll came to Charlotte after 14 years on his father’s staff in Seattle, where he held a variety of roles, mostly on the offensive side. He was one of several ex-Seahawks assistants who joined Canales when he was hired by Carolina after one year as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ offensive coordinator.
Bryce Young enjoyed a late-season resurgence under Canales, who successfully helped turn around the careers of Baker Mayfield and Geno Smith in Tampa and Seattle, respectively. In addition to Canales, the Panthers’ staff features several other assistants with experience coaching QBs: Offensive coordinator Brad Idzik, QB coach Will Harriger and senior assistant Jim Caldwell.
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The Carolina Panthers have announced that they are parting ways with Nate Carroll, who has served as the passing game coordinator for the team. This decision comes after a disappointing season for the Panthers, who finished with a record of 5-12 and missed the playoffs.
Carroll joined the Panthers coaching staff in 2018 and was tasked with overseeing the team’s passing game. However, the offense struggled to find consistency throughout the season, ranking near the bottom of the league in passing yards per game.
Head coach Matt Rhule expressed his gratitude for Carroll’s contributions to the team but stated that he felt it was time to make a change in order to improve the team’s performance on offense. The Panthers will begin the search for a new passing game coordinator immediately.
Fans of the Panthers are eager to see what changes will be made to the coaching staff in the offseason and are hopeful that these moves will lead to a more successful season in the future.
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