Carolina Panthers head coach Ron Rivera is expected to promote assistant Curtis Fuller to secondary coach this week, according to league sources.
Fuller has spent the past three seasons working with the Panthers’ defensive backs alongside Steve Wilks, who took over as defensive coordinator last month when Sean McDermott became the Buffalo Bills’ head coach. The team is expected to make the move official later this week.
The Panthers still have an opening for a wide receivers coach after Ricky Proehl stepped down two weeks ago so he could follow his sons’ college football careers.
[MORE: Complete Carolina Panthers coverage]
Rivera values continuity on his staff.