The Carolina Panthers Fired Head Coach Ron Rivera Following the Embarrassing Loss to the Washington Redskins

Introduction

On Tuesday, December 3rd, 2019 just two days after the Carolina Panthers suffered an embarrassing loss to the Washington Redskins at home, they have decided to fire their head coach, Ron Rivera. This loss marks the third time during the 2019 – 2020 NFL season that the Carolina Panthers lost at home to a team with a losing record.

Rivera was the head coach of the Carolina Panthers for the last nine seasons in the National Football League. He is the most winningest head coach in the history of the Carolina Panthers franchise. He ended his time in Charlotte with a regular season record of 76 – 63 – 1 and a postseason record of 3 – 4.

He led the Panthers to Super Bowl 50 in which Carolina lost to the Denver Broncos with a final score of 24 – 10 at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California. Rivera was named the NFL’s coach of the year two times during his tenure with the Carolina Panthers. Although he had some very successful NFL seasons in Charlotte, he has also been fairly inconsistent as their head coach. Since taking over in 2011 Rivera has only produced 3 winning seasons out of the nine years as the head coach of the Panthers.

Current Personnel Changes

The Carolina have not only fired their head coach, but they have moved around a bunch of personnel at least for the time being. Their coach of the defensive secondary, Perry Fewell, was selected to be named the interim head coach of the Panthers. The offensive coordinator Norv Turner was moved to special assistant to the head coach. Their quarterbacks coach Scott Turner will slide into the offensive coordinator position. All these NFL moves and transitions are effective immediately.

Rivera's Coaching Results

									Simple Rating System			Playoffs					Challenges
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	W	L	T	W-L%	SRS	OSRS	DSRS	G plyf	W plyf	L plyf	W-L%	Rank	Num	Won
2011	49	Carolina Panthers	NFL	16	6	10	0	0.375	-1.3	2.6	-3.9					3	3	0
2012	50	Carolina Panthers	NFL	16	7	9	0	0.438	0.8	-0.5	1.3					2	2	2
2013	51	Carolina Panthers	NFL	16	12	4	0	0.75	9.2	0.6	8.6	1	0	1	0	1	7	1
2014	52	Carolina Panthers	NFL	16	7	8	1	0.469	-3.1	-2.4	-0.7	2	1	1	0.5	1	7	3
2015	53	Carolina Panthers	NFL	16	15	1	0	0.938	8.1	6	2.1	3	2	1	0.667	1	17	10
2016	54	Carolina Panthers	NFL	16	6	10	0	0.375	-1	-0.2	-0.8					4	5	4
2017	55	Carolina Panthers	NFL	16	11	5	0	0.688	4.3	1.7	2.7	1	0	1	0	2	6	3
2018	56	Carolina Panthers	NFL	16	7	9	0	0.438	0.9	0.1	0.8					3	7	4
2019	57	Carolina Panthers	NFL	12	5	7	0	0.417	-3	0.4	-3.5					2	4	1
9 yrs				140	76	63	1	0.546				7	3	4	0.429	2.1	58	28

Coaching Team's Ranks

				Overall				Offense			Rushing Off					Passing Off					Defense			Rushing Def					Passing Def
Year	Tm	Role	Tms	WL%	T/G	Pts±	Yds±	Yds	Pts	GvA	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	FL	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	Yds	Pts	TkA	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	FR	Att	Yds	TD	Int	nY/A
2004	CHI	DC	32	26	23	28	32	32	32	27	19	25	19	26	32	24	32	32	14	32	21	13	16	27	25	8	16	13	17	15	17	15	16
2005	CHI	DC	32	5	11	12	25	29	26	17	9	8	17	7	17	30	31	30	14	30	2	1	6	18	11	4	9	23	26	5	1	2	1
2006	CHI	DC	32	2	4	2	10	15	2	28	5	15	11	23	21	17	14	8	27	14	5	3	1	5	6	2	11	1	31	11	9	2	1
2008	SDG	DC	32	17	11	7	21	11	2	7	20	20	19	19	11	25	7	1	5	1	25	15	17	10	11	8	14	18	31	31	27	11	18
2009	SDG	DC	32	2	6	5	12	10	4	2	19	31	11	32	3	23	5	5	4	1	16	11	19	12	20	7	24	15	17	11	18	20	13
2010	SDG	DC	32	14	23	5	1	1	2	17	9	15	4	22	28	14	2	6	9	1	1	10	23	8	4	20	5	29	3	1	5	14	1
2011	CAR	HC	32	23	13	20	11	7	5	11	14	3	1	1	5	23	13	13	21	10	28	27	17	21	25	29	25	14	6	24	25	20	32
2012	CAR	HC	32	18	16	18	8	12	18	10	11	9	3	9	17	26	16	24	8	5	10	18	18	12	14	12	18	8	15	13	13	23	12
2013	CAR	HC	32	3	6	4	12	26	18	4	7	11	13	16	2	30	29	15	13	20	2	2	6	1	2	1	12	15	17	6	3	5	5
2014	CAR	HC	32	19	13	23	12	16	19	13	8	7	21	13	19	19	19	15	8	22	10	21	10	9	16	21	27	6	20	11	15	14	10
2015	CAR	HC	32	1	1	1	5	11	1	8	1	2	1	10	15	27	24	3	8	9	6	6	1	3	4	17	7	2	32	11	7	1	2
2016	CAR	HC	32	25	21	25	25	19	15	27	7	10	10	20	23	20	21	19	28	20	21	26	7	6	6	10	9	9	28	29	20	4	20
2017	CAR	HC	32	5	16	12	14	19	12	14	3	4	7	10	7	27	28	18	25	19	7	11	16	2	3	3	11	7	15	18	22	24	17
2018	CAR	HC	32	17	15	16	12	10	14	19	12	4	6	1	4	15	16	14	25	16	15	19	14	8	12	15	23	12	9	18	27	15	26
2019	CAR	HC	32	18	18	23	21	21	13	27	19	12	2	2	26	7	21	23	21	29	22	26	6	15	29	32	32	15	20	14	6	3	8
15 yrs				63	62	61	57	53	65	55	69	66	73	59	55	35	45	56	55	55	63	60	66	70	64	64	53	64	43	58	58	67	65
9 yrs	CAR	HC		58	62	54	61	54	63	57	75	82	81	75	62	36	38	53	49	51	61	49	70	76	65	55	46	73	47	53	55	65	57
3 yrs	CHI	DC		69	64	59	33	24	41	28	69	53	54	45	30	29	23	30	46	24	74	85	79	51	59	89	66	65	26	71	75	83	84
3 yrs	LAC	DC		69	61	85	68	80	95	76	53	34	68	27	59	39	89	91	84	100	59	66	42	72	67	67	58	39	50	58	51	56	70

Media Statements

"I believe this is the best decision for the long-term success of our team," says Carolina Panthers owner, David Tepper. "I have a great deal of respect for Ron and the contributions he has made to this franchise and to this community. I wish him the best. I will immediately begin the search for the next head coach of the Carolina Panthers."

"We are going to take a comprehensive and thorough review of our football operation to make sure we are structured for long-term sustained success," Tepper explained. "Our vision is to find the right mix of old-school discipline and toughness with modern and innovative processes. We will consider a wide range of football executives to complement our current football staff. One change that we will implement is hiring an assistant general manager and vice president of football operations. We all must recognize that this is the first step in a process, but we are committed to building and maintaining a championship culture for our team and our fans."

Sources:

“Ron Rivera out as Carolina Panthers coach after nine seasons”, David Newton, espn.com, December 3, 2019.

“Ron Rivera”, pro-football-reference.com, December 3, 2019.

Written by: David Green

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