CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The Carolina Panthers on Wednesday lifted the interim tag off of Marty Hurney's title, making him the full-time general manager of the organization for the second time.
Hurney initially was with the Panthers from 1998-2012. He served as the general manager from 2002 through six games in the 2012 season, when he reached a mutual decision with owner Jerry Richardson to part after a 1-5 start.
He was hired as the interim general manager the week before the 2017 training camp after Richardson fired Dave Gettleman. The Panthers went 11-5.
A committee, led by Chief Operating Officer Tina Becker, also interviewed Houston Texans assistant GM Jimmy Raye III, Buffalo assistant director of college scouting Lake Dawson and former Detroit Lions general manager and current San Francisco personnel executive Martin Mayhew.