When the Panthers fired Ron Rivera on Dec. 3, owner David Tepper made it explicitly clear what his next step was going to be. "I will immediately begin the search for the next head coach of the Carolina Panthers," he said in a statement.
And the latest news coming out of Carolina’s on-going search pertains to former Packers coach Mike McCarthy. According to ESPN's Adam Schefter, the Panthers interviewed McCarthy for the team's head coach position after the team's 38–6 loss on Sunday to the Colts.
McCarthy was fired in December 2018 and was out of coaching this season after a serving as Green Bay's head coach since 2006.