SPARTANBURG
Carolina Panthers assistant coach Bruce DeHaven will relinquish his role as special teams coordinator and step into an advisory position as he continues his battle with cancer.
DeHaven, 67, was diagnosed with prostate cancer in the spring of 2015 and learned a short time later it had spread to his back. DeHaven left the team Sunday and will resume treatments in his offseason home of Buffalo, Panthers coach Ron Rivera said after practice.
Rivera said DeHaven hopes to return in time for home opener against San Francisco in Week 2.
Thomas McGaughey, hired in February as the Panthers’ special teams assistant, will take over for DeHaven.