Panthers name secondary coach.

[Jeremy Igo]

The Carolina Panthers have promoted Curtis Fuller to secondary coach and hired Lance Taylor as wide receivers coach and Jeff Imamura as assistant defensive backs/nickels coach, the team announced Thursday.

[CarolinaSamurai]

Hurray! We are "evolving" so well. Don't you guys love our "evolving" and making changes to win? Yaaaaaaaaaaay......../s

[Mr. Scot]

So they're keeping the dedicated nickel back coach...

Voth was pretty sure Dorsey was out but it doesn't seem like there's any action on that front.

[SOJA]

Really disappointed Shula is still here, flabbergasted Dorsey still is

[The NFL Shield At Midfield]

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Taylor coached the wide receivers at Appalachian State in 2009

excellent hire imo

[Mr. Scot]

I remember Taylor's name from his prior stint here, but not much about him. Heck, how much do you generally hear about an assistant receivers coach?

As for Imamura, I've heard his name discussed as a good young coach. He previously worked under former Rivera teammate Leslie Frazier. Most recently, he was working with Greg Williams (might need a shower to get that stink off).

Oddly enough, there's an IMDb page with his name on it. It has only a single credit, special thanks on a 2012 short named "Bird". No telling if it's actually him or just someone with the same name.

[Jangler]

Why do I keep thinking the Panthers got 'Evolving' from the Huddle?

[Mr. Scot]

6 minutes ago, SOJA said:

Really disappointed Shula is still here, flabbergasted Dorsey still is

Taylor played receiver for Shula his senior year at Alabama.

[gmonjimbo]

I thought I saw the name Nakamura and started having flashbacks to 2012. 

[Jimmy]

Taylor is a Shula hire...was with him at Alabama...so theres that

[Mr. Scot]

Just now, gmonjimbo said:

I thought I saw the name Nakamura and started having flashbacks to 2012. 

Was wondering how long it'd take to get a Nakamura reference.

[Darvinsun]

I think we all knew that nothing new was coming once we found out that rivera, shula, and Dorsey remained here...Im not confident in our coaches changing things up.rspecially when you hire only guys you are familiar with...the one thing I know I like about Saban he knows his defense and he recognized that on offense they needed a change. He went out and got it but still was the boss of the team including on offense ..he let kiffin have his time but when he thought kiffin was not calling the righr plays he let him know it and plays would change..Thats what I would like to see from a panthers  head coach. Some fire and some guts.

[Mr. Scot]

From Panthers.com, Imamura has a connection with Fuller.

Fuller will be assisted by a familiar face in Imamura, who was a graduate assistant at Texas Christian University in the late 1990s when Fuller was a two-time all-conference safety for the Horned Frogs.

[Ricky Spanish]

25 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

Taylor played receiver for Shula his senior year at Alabama.

Ah, so now we have someone with experience that can explain to our young WRs why they have to run 20 yard routes with no outlet for the QB while running Max protect and taking a 10 step drop on 3rd and 1.