Matt Rhule

The Panthers fired coach Matt Rhule on Monday after a 1-4 start to the season and with four seasons left on a seven-year, $62 million contract he received ...

Mayfield's 16.5 QBR is the lowest among passers with at least three games in the NFL this season while he has completed a league-worst 54.9% of his passes and has committed five turnovers (four interceptions and a lost fumble). [Teddy Bridgewater](https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/16728/teddy-bridgewater), who was released one season after getting a three-year, $63 million deal. That hasn't happened, and Tepper decided Monday to make a change. "That's the most important position on the field,'' Tepper said after the team moved on from Newton. Wilks is a part of Brian Flores' lawsuit filed against the NFL and six teams alleging racial discrimination in the hiring and retention of black head coaches. The Panthers also fired defensive coordinator Phil Snow and assistant special teams coach Ed Foley, the team announced.

Rhule is the first coach in this NFL season to be fired. Defensive pass game coordinator/secondary coach Steve Wilks will be named interim head coach. Wilks ...

"I'm really just here to talk about the game tonight. Tepper, who bought the team in 2018, hired Rhule to a seven-year contract in 2020. "I hope you guys can understand I'm here to talk about the game. But sources — some of them the same — noted a more mellow Rhule in 2022 as he loosened his grip on things. His teams never won more than five games in a season and never finished above third in the NFC South. [NFL](/nfl) season to be fired.

The Carolina Panthers have fired coach Matt Rhule. He's the first NFL coach to be fired this season.

This marks the second time in four years Tepper has fired a coach during the season. The Panthers hoped Rhule could turn things around in his third year as he did at Baylor and at Temple before that. Under Rhule, the Panthers were 1-27 when allowing an opponent to score 17 or more points. The 53-year-old Wilks spent one year as Arizona's head coach in 2018, going 3-13. But the 2018 No. Rhule, the first NFL coach to be fired this season, went 11-27 with Carolina.

The Carolina Panthers fired head coach Matt Rhule on Monday after two-plus seasons and an 11-27 record. The Panthers are off to a 1-4 start this seaso.

Rhule, 47, was hired ahead of the 2020 season. The team named defensive pass game coordinator/secondary coach Steve Wilks interim head coach. Wilks went 3-13 in one year as head coach of the Arizona Cardinals in 2018.

A través de un comunicado, Carolina dio a conocer que el coach deja de ser parte del equipo tras iniciar la temporada con marca 1-4.

"Esa es la posición más importante en el campo", expresó Tepper luego que el equipo se desprendió de Newton. [Teddy Bridgewater](/futbol-americano/nfl/jugador/_/id/16728/teddy-bridgewater), quien fue cortado una temporada después de darle un contrato por tres años y 63 millones. "Soy un aficionado", declaró Tepper ese día.

Los Panthers de Carolina despiden al entrenador Matt Rhule, el final de una magra etapa de tres temporadas.

Se trata de la segunda vez en cuatro años que Tepper despide a un entrenador durante la temporada. Steve Wilks, coordinador del juego defensivo aéreo y la formación secundaria, será el entrenador interino durante el resto de la campaña. Rhule, el primer estratega de la NFL despedido esta temporada, acumuló marca de 11-27 con Carolina.