SAN JOSE, Calif.
When Steve Wilks was in his first coaching job as an assistant at Johnson C. Smith in 1995, he would often look from the Golden Bulls’ football offices at the Charlotte skyline a few miles away.
“I’m going to work over there someday,” Wilks recalls telling his friend and co-worker Steve Aycock.
“Where, at Nations Bank (now Bank of America)?” Aycock said.
“No,” Wilks said, “with the Panthers.”
That dream has come true for Wilks. He’s now assistant head coach of the Panthers, who are playing in Sunday’s Super Bowl.