Details Emerge From Dave Canales' Contract With Panthers

TAMPA, FL – SEPTEMBER 17: Tampa Bay Buccaneers Offensive Coordinator Dave Canales and Head Coach Todd Bowles watches the action on the field during the regular season game between the Chicago Bears and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on September 17, 2023 at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Cliff Welch/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

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The Carolina Panthers are giving Dave Canales quite the contract.

Per ESPN’s Adam Schefter, Canales is getting a six-year contract from the Panthers to be their next head coach.

Panthers are giving their new head coach Dave Canales a six-year contract, per source. https://t.co/ZwF313jG7Z

— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) January 26, 2024

It was originally reported on Thursday afternoon that Canales was taking the Panthers job before the team announced it on Thursday night. He’s their seventh head coach in franchise history.

Canales was the offensive coordinator of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for this season after spending over a decade with the Seattle Seahawks. He held a variety of roles with them, including wide receivers coach, quarterbacks coach, and passing game coordinator.

He now takes over a team that went just 2-15 this season. He’ll be tasked with turning around a franchise that hasn’t gotten to the playoffs since 2017.

The Panthers have finished below .500 in six straight seasons and seven of the last eight.