It’s been somewhat of a family affair for the Carolina Panthers and their new-look coaching staff this offseason.
Head coach Frank Reich will be united with his daughter Hannah, who was hired to the team’s marketing department in early January, back at home in Charlotte. Former team reporter Caroline Cann is also making her return to The Queen City, coming along with husband and new passing game coordinator Parks Frazier.
And on Thursday morning, we learned—through a report from NFL Network insider Ian Rapoport—that the Panthers are hiring former Denver Broncos outside linebackers coach Bert Watts as their new safeties coach. Watts, coincidentally, is the uncle of Carolina tight end Tommy Tremble—who acknowledged the news a few hours after it broke . . .
A pretty good place to be Uncle Bert 😎 https://t.co/zEjnluKSJG
— Tommy Tremble (@TommyTremble) February 16, 2023
Watts actually played a part in Tremble’s career path, as documented in a story from 2020 by Patrick Engel of InsideNDSports. Tommy’s mother Abigail sent Bert, her brother and defensive coordinator for UC Davis, high school film of the young tight end—to which replied:
“He goes, ‘Uh, yeah. He’s going to be really good,’” Abigail recalled. “I learned all about hip-flipping and what was important.”
Well, they’ll have plenty of time for hip-flipping now.
