Panthers name Caldwell as senior assistant

The Carolina Panthers hired on Tuesday former two-time NFL head coach Jim Caldwell as a senior assistant, adding more experience to the coaching staff.

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The 68-year-old Caldwell will report directly to head coach Frank Reich and help out on all three phases — offense, defense and special teams, the team announced.

Caldwell becomes the second coach to join the Panthers after interviewing for the head coaching vacancy that eventually went to Reich. Defensive coordinator Ejiro Evero is the other.

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The hire reunites Caldwell and Reich, who both coached on Tony Dungy’s staff in Indianapolis starting in 2006. Reich was an intern then while Caldwell was assistant head coach/quarterbacks coach.

Reich became Caldwell’s QBs coach in Indy when the latter was hired to replace a retiring Dungy in 2009.

Caldwell went 62-50 as head coach for the Colts (2009-11) and Detroit Lions (2014-17), taking each team to the postseason twice.

He was also a head coach at Wake Forest from 1993-2000.

Caldwell also won a Super Bowl ring as offensive coordinator in Baltimore.