Panthers Hire John Lilly as Tight Ends Coach

Carolina's staff is now complete.

Thursday, Frank Reich made the final hire of his coaching staff by filling the tight ends vacancy with John Lilly.

Lilly will have a short drive to Charlotte as he spent the last three seasons as the tight ends coach at the University of North Carolina on Mack Brown's staff. He has primarily coached at the college level but does have two years of experience coaching tight ends in the NFL; 2016 with the Rams and 2019 with the Browns.

Lilly's coaching resume

1996-97: Grad Assistant, Florida State

1998-07: Tight Ends/Recruiting Coordinator, Florida State

2008-13: Tight Ends, Georgia

2014-15: Special Teams Coordinator/Tight Ends, Georgia

2016: Tight Ends, Rams

2018: Assistant to the Head Coach, Tennessee

2019: Tight Ends, Cleveland Browns

2020-22: Tight Ends, North Carolina

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