The Carolina Panthers announced they have officially retained DC Ejiro Evero, as has been expected for a week now.
The team also officially announced the hire of OC Brad Idzik, who follows HC Dave Canales from his staff in Tampa last year.
Carolina will also hire Tracy Smith as their new special teams coordinator. He was an assistant special teams coach with the Bucs in 2023.
Evero, 42, was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Raiders out of UC Davis back in 2004 before returning to his alma mater as an assistant coach.
He then began his NFL coaching career with the Buccaneers as a defensive quality control coach before joining the 49ers and Packers in the same capacity.
The Rams then hired Evero as their safeties coach in 2017 before he was promoted to secondary coach and passing game coordinator in 2021. The Broncos hired him as defensive coordinator in 2022. He took the same job with the Panthers in 2023.
In 2023, the Panthers defense ranked No. 4 in yards allowed, No. 29 in points per game, No. 3 in passing defense and No. 23 in rushing defense.
Idzik began his coaching career at Stanford as a grad assistant. After five seasons, Idzik departed to become the assistant WRs coach for the Seahawks.
Idzik spent four years in Seattle holding multiple positions before departing to become the Buccaneers’ receivers coach in 2023.
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