Packers players and staff from North Carolina: RB Emanuel Wilson grew up in Charlotte, N.C., and attended North Mecklenburg High School in Huntersville, N.C. … LB Ty’Ron Hopper and TEs coach John Dunn were born in Shelby, N.C. …C/G Jacob Monk was born in Raleigh, N.C., is from Wendell, N.C., and attended Corinth Holders High School in Archer Lodge, N.C. …General manager Brian Gutekunst was born in Raleigh, N.C. …Strength and conditioning assistant Marcus Jones is from Wake Forest, N.C., where he attended Wake Forest-Rolesville High School… Packers players and staff who played college football in North Carolina: T Anthony Belton played at North Carolina State from 2021-24…OL Zach Tom played at Wake Forest from 2017-21…Monk played at Duke from 2019-23… Wilson played at Johnson C. Smith University (Charlotte) in 2019…Dunn played at North Carolina from 2001-03… Assistant defensive line coach Vince Oghobaase played at Duke from 2006-09…Vice president of player personnel Jon-Eric Sullivan played at Gardner-Webb for two seasons (1998-99)…Packers coaches who have coached in North Carolina: Dunn was on the coaching staff at North Carolina for four seasons, serving as a student assistant (2004), an offensive quality control coach (2005) and an offensive graduate assistant (2006-07)…Defensive quality control coach Jamael Lett was a special teams analyst at North Carolina in 2023…Jones was the assistant director of athletic performance at Appalachian State from 2020- 21 and an assistant strength and conditioning coach at North Carolina State from 2021-23…Oghobaase served as a graduate assistant at Duke from 2011-12…Packers staff with connections to North Carolina: Coaching operations coordinator Joe McKillip worked in football operations at North Carolina State from 2013-18…Panthers with connections to Wisconsin: Senior coaching advisor Jim Caldwell is from Beloit, Wis., where he attended Beloit Memorial High School…Former Panthers: Offensive coordinator Adam Stenavich spent the 2006 offseason with the Panthers during his playing career, where he briefly played with Panthers general manager Dan Morgan… Strength and conditioning coordinator Aaron Hill was a strength and conditioning intern with the Panthers in 2015…Former Packers: Senior defensive assistant Dom Capers was the Packers’ defensive coordinator from 2009-17…Defensive coordinator Ejiro Evero was a defensive quality control coach for the Packers in 2016…LS JJ Jansen signed with the Packers as an undrafted free agent in 2008 before spending the season on injured reserve…T Yosh Nijman signed with the Packers as an undrafted free agent in 2019 and played for the Packers for four seasons (2020-23)…Notable NFL connections: Packers head coach Matt LaFleur was the offensive coordinator for the Los Angeles Rams in 2017 when Evero was the safeties coach and Panthers defensive assistant Kevin Peterson played for the Rams…LaFleur was on the Houston Texans’ coaching staff and Stenavich played for the Texans when Panthers director of college scouting Jared Kirksey was a college and pro scouting intern there from 2008-09… LaFleur, LS Matt Orzech and QB Malik Willis crossed paths with Panthers WRs coach Rob Moore during their time with the Tennessee Titans…Panthers special teams assistant Daren Bates played LB for the Titans in 2018 when LaFleur was on the coaching staff…Packers WRs coach Ryan Mahaffey played for the Indianapolis Colts in 2011 when Caldwell was the head coach…Packers RB Josh Jacobs, CB Nate Hobbs, CB Keisean Nixon, assistant head coach/special teams coordinator Rich Bisaccia and assistant special teams coach Byron Storer crossed paths with Panthers WR Hunter Renfrow and S Tre’von Moehrig during their time with the Las Vegas Raiders…Packers S Xavier McKinney and Panthers DE A’Shawn Robinson were teammates with the N.Y. Giants in 2023…Packers OL coach Luke Butkus was on the Seattle Seahawks’ coaching staff from 2010-11, where he crossed paths with Panthers head coach Dave Canales, TEs coach Pat McPherson, DL coach Todd Wash and special teams coordinator Tracy Smith, who were all on the coaching staff…Morgan worked in pro personnel for the Seahawks when Butkus was on the coaching staff…Bisaccia, Evero and Wash were on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ coaching staff in 2007…Evero and Wash also crossed paths with Storer when he played for the Buccaneers from 2007-09…Passing game coordinator Jason Vrable was an offensive quality control coach for the Buffalo Bills when Moore was the WRs coach in 2014…Panthers RB Rico Dowdle and Packers DL Micah Parsons were teammates with the Dallas Cowboys from 2021-24…Panthers QBs coach Will Harriger was on the Cowboys’ coaching staff in 2023, where he overlapped with Parsons…Packers QBs coach Sean Mannion played for the Minnesota Vikings when Capers was on the coaching staff in 2020…Packers passing game coordinator Derrick Ansley was on the Los Angeles Chargers’ coaching staff with Panthers secondary coach Renaldo Hill (2021-22) and assistant LBs coach Mayur Chaudhari (2021)…Notable college connections: Jacobs and Panthers QB Bryce Young were teammates at Alabama from 2020-21…Packers T/G Jordan Morgan and Panthers WR Tetairoa McMillan were teammates at Arizona from 2022-23…Willis and Packers DL Colby Wooden were teammates with Panthers DE Derrick Brown at Auburn…Panthers DT Jaden Crumedy crossed paths with Packers C/T Elgton Jenkins, WR Malik Heath and senior assistant Luke Getsy at Mississippi State… Belton and Panthers T Ikem Ekwonu played together at North Carolina State in 2021…Parsons, Packers T Rasheed Walker and Panthers S Nick Scott were teammates at Penn State in 2018…Nixon was teammates with Dowdle, Panthers CB Jaycee Horn and OLB D.J. Wonnum at South Carolina in 2018…Packers LB Edgerrin Cooper, Panthers DT Bobby Brown III and S Demani Richardson were teammates at Texas A&M in 2020…Packers RBs coach Ben Sirmans was the RBs coach/recruiting coordinator at Maine from 1996-99 when Panthers OL coach Joe Gilbert was the offensive coordinator…Panthers C Cade Mays was teammates with Packers LB Quay Walker, DL Devonte Wyatt and TE John FitzPatrick at Georgia…Mays also crossed paths with Packers defensive quality control coach Wendel Davis and assistant offensive line coach Eddie Gordon at Georgia…Vrable and Moore were on the coaching staff at Syracuse in 2010.
