Former Panthers HC, senior assistant to be hired by Browns

There will be quite a void left on the Carolina Panthers‘ coaching staff heading into 2026.

According to ESPN senior NFL reporter Jeremy Fowler, the Cleveland Browns are set to hire Panthers senior defensive assistant Dom Capers. The 75-year-old is expected to assume the same role for Cleveland under first-year head coach Todd Monken.

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Capers was the first head coach in Panthers franchise history. His tenure lasted from 1995 to 1998—a stretch that featured a 30-34 record, a 1996 AP Head Coach of the Year win and the team’s first trip to the NFC title game.

He’d go on to work for eight other NFL organizations following his departure from Carolina—serving as a head coach, defensive coordinator, secondary coach and assistant over a 23-year span.

Carolina, with then-first-year defensive coordinator Ejiro Evero, would bring Capers back ahead of the 2023 campaign.

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