Tepper will be on the hook for an estimated $9 million per season over the next three seasons. Reich had signed a four-year contract with the Panthers that runs through the 2026 season.

The Panthers are 30th in the league in total offense and 30th in passing yards per game and haven’t scored more than 15 points in a game since the bye week. Wilks is now the defensive coordinator for San Francisco.Ĭarolina still ranks near the bottom of the league in nearly every offensive category.

Tepper then hired Reich, who as offensive coordinator of the Philadelphia Eagles helped them win the Super Bowl before becoming head coach of the Indianapolis Colts, who fired him last season. But Rhule lasted less than 2 1/2 season before Tepper dismissed him and replaced him with Wilks, the Panthers’ defensive coordinator, on an interim basis. Perry Fewell finished out the season before Tepper gave Matt Rhule, who previously coached at Baylor, a seven-year, $63 million contract. On the NFL front, Tepper inherited Ron Rivera as his head coach in 2018 but fired him less than two years later during the season. He also owns the Major League Soccer team in Charlotte and has fired two coaches in the organization’s first two years of existence. Reich is the Panthers’ third head coach fired during the season under Tepper. Tepper has shown a lack of patience as a team owner. Phone calls and text messages sent to Reich seeking comment were not immediately returned.