The Carolina Panthers have made a couple of hires to help fill out Matt Rhule’s staff, which has lost several assistants the last few weeks. According to multiple reports, the team has hired former Houston Texans, New York Giants and Detroit Lions quarterbacks coach Sean Ryan to fill that position. Ryan replaces Jake Peetz, who is now LSU’s offensive coordinator.
The team is also hiring Tony Sparano Jr. to be an assistant offensive line coach, per the Charlotte Observer.
Can confirm the Panthers are hiring Sean Ryan as QBs coach and Tony Sparano Jr. as assistant offensive line coach.
— Jonathan M Alexander (@jonmalexander) January 20, 2021
Sparano’s father was once the head coach of the Miami Dolphins.
That’s where Jr. got his start in the NFL in 2011 as an offensive quality control coach. After one year there, he spent three with the Jets. The Buffalo Bills hired him in 2015 to be their tight ends coach. After Buffalo, he moved on to the Jacksonville Jaguars, where he was an assistant offensive line coach for the last four years.
