Not lengthy after it was reported Dan Morgan was in line to remain in Carolina in some style, his future has been secured. The Panthers introduced on Monday that Morgan has been promoted to basic supervisor/president of soccer operations.
“Dan has a radical information of our soccer personnel and a transparent imaginative and prescient to take us the place all of us wish to go,” a assertion from proprietor David Tepper reads. “We all know he’ll assault this chance with the identical depth he did as a Panthers participant.”
Morgan was a first-round choose by the Panthers again in 2001, and the linebacker ended up spending seven seasons with the group. Following his retirement, he frolicked within the Seahawks entrance workplace, working his approach up from scouting intern to director of professional personnel.
He took the identical function in Buffalo in 2018 and spent three seasons with the Payments. He was later recruited to the Panthers entrance workplace by Scott
Fitterer, with Morgan being named assistant GM in 2021.
He held that function for three-plus seasons earlier than falling into the interim GM gig after Fitterer was fired this previous season.
All through the hiring course of, Morgan was thought of a powerful contender for the function. The group checked out greater than 10 completely different candidates for the GM job, with Giants assistant GM Brandon
Brown and Eagles assistant GM Alec
Halaby being amongst those that earned second interviews.
Finally, the Panthers determined to stay with Morgan, with sources telling Josina Anderson that the exec has “the belief [and] embedded consolation” of proprietor David
Tepper.
Morgan’s most urgent duty is to discover a new head coach,and Cameron Wolfe of NFL Community notes that the manager has been taking part within the interview course of. Morgan may even look so as to add executives to his entrance workplace.
Albert Breer of SI.com notes that Chiefs vp of soccer operations Brandt
Tilis is a powerful contender to affix the Panthers. Tilis truly interviewed for the Panthers job, and the long-time Chiefs govt has typically confirmed up within the GM interview carousel.
Breer provides that some sources anticipated Tepper to pair Morgan with a cap/analytics govt like Tilis.
Ben Levine contributed to this publish.
