Panthers announce 5 additions to coaching staff on Thursday

The Panthers officially announced five additions to their coaching staff on Thursday.

The Carolina Panthers are putting the finishing touches on their all-star sideline.

As announced by the team on Thursday afternoon, five men have been officially named to head coach Frank Reich’s staff. Two of the five were first reported on last night—by Joe Person of The Athletic and Mike Kaye of The Charlotte Observer, respectively—in offensive assistant Michael Bercovici and defensive assistant Mayur Chaudhari.

Bercovici, a former quarterback for Arizona State University and the Alliance of American Football’s San Diego Fleet, comes over with three years of experience in a similar post with the Arizona Cardinals. Chaudhari, most recently, served as a special teams assistant for the Los Angeles Chargers in 2021 after spending three seasons in the same role with the Atlanta Falcons.

Joining them are Jamel Mutunga and Tyler Boyles. Mutunga, who was an offensive assistant with the Indianapolis Colts last year, will take up the same duties in Carolina while Boyles, a two-year assistant to Reich in Indianapolis, is on for offensive quality control and as an assistant (again) to the head coach.

As for the fifth name, the team has retained Bobby Maffei as a defensive quality control coach. He, under former interim head coach Steve Wilks, worked with the safeties to close out the 2022 campaign.

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Panthers hire former Cardinals coach, AAF QB Michael Bercovici as offensive assistant

As first reported by Joe Person of The Athletic, the Panthers have hired Michael Bercovici as an offensive assistant

The Carolina Panthers have yet another former quarterback on the coaching staff.

As first reported by Joe Person of The Athletic, the Panthers have hired Michael Bercovici as an offensive assistant. The 30-year-old has worked with the Arizona Cardinals for the past three seasons in a similar role.

Bercovici, a former quarterback, spent five years at Arizona State University. Between 2011 and 2015, the Northridge, Cali. native passed for 5,332 yards, 42 touchdowns and 13 interceptions over 28 games.

After going undrafted in 2016, he was signed by the then San Diego Chargers. Bercovici would be released during final roster cuts that summer, brought back on a reserve/future deal in January of 2017, then released again prior to the start of that regular season.

He then, following a brief stint on the Arizona Cardinals’ practice squad, moved on to the Alliance of American Football in 2019. Bercovici played in four games for the San Diego Fleet—throwing for 1,101 yards, five scores and seven picks.

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