The Carolina Panthers announced multiple changes to the club’s coaching, scouting and football operations staffs Tuesday.
Richard Rodgers will serve as the secondary coach and Jeff Imamura will serve as assistant secondary/cornerbacks coach. In addition, the Panthers hired Vincent Rivera as defensive quality control coach.
Mark Carrier, who has served as the team’s director of player engagement since 2011, has been named senior advisor to the general manager. Carrier played 12 seasons in the NFL as a wide receiver, spending the final four seasons (1995-98) of his career with the Panthers. Carrier notched a 1,000-yard receiving season in Carolina’s inaugural season in 1995 and still ranks fifth in team history in career receiving yards with 2,547.