{"id":759775,"date":"2026-02-18T06:49:28","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T06:49:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/759775\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T06:49:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T06:49:28","slug":"former-panthers-ls-named-st-coordinator-for-d1-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/759775\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Panthers LS named ST coordinator for D1 program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There was no shortage of <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/carolina-panthers\/364\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Carolina Panthers;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Carolina Panthers<\/a> long snapper news on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>As announced this afternoon, Thomas Fletcher has been hired as the special teams coordinator for Youngstown State University. The former long snapper spent his lone NFL run with the Panthers.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Despite already having a seasoned long snapper in JJ Jansen, Carolina (<a href=\"https:\/\/ftw.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/2021\/05\/02\/nfl-draft-panthers-thomas-fletcher-matt-rhule-phone-call\/81480955007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:under;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">under<\/a> former head coach Matt Rhule) <a href=\"https:\/\/pantherswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/panthers\/2021\/05\/01\/panthers-pick-thomas-fletcher-2021-nfl-draft\/80068555007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:selected;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">selected<\/a> Fletcher in the sixth round of the 2021 NFL Draft. The University of Alabama product was one of 11 picks by the Panthers in a class headlined by cornerback Jaycee Horn, offensive lineman Brady Christensen, tight end Tommy Tremble and running back Chuba Hubbard.<\/p>\n<p>Fletcher would sustain a hip injury that sidelined him from what would have been his rookie year. He&#8217;d then be waived in the summer of the following season.<\/p>\n<p>Coincidentally, Jansen\u2014also on Tuesday\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/panthers-sign-ls-jj-jansen-161537604.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:signed;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">signed<\/a> a new one-year deal to return to the Panthers for an 18th campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Follow\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ThePanthersWire\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:@ThePanthersWire;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">@ThePanthersWire<\/a>\u00a0on Twitter\/X for more Panthers content.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Panthers Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/pantherswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/panthers\/2026\/02\/17\/panthers-youngstown-state-thomas-fletcher\/88727780007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Former Panthers LS Thomas Fletcher named ST coordinator for D1 program;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Former Panthers LS Thomas Fletcher named ST coordinator for D1 program<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There was no shortage of Carolina Panthers long snapper news on Tuesday. As announced this afternoon, Thomas Fletcher&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":759776,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2075],"tags":[22660,235,260,2567,11579,7,6457,50160,14468,3034,6,236,108508,10120,58957],"class_list":{"0":"post-759775","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-carolina-panthers","8":"tag-brady-christensen","9":"tag-carolina","10":"tag-carolina-panthers","11":"tag-carolinapanthers","12":"tag-chuba","13":"tag-football","14":"tag-jaycee-horn","15":"tag-jj-jansen","16":"tag-long-snapper","17":"tag-matt-rhule","18":"tag-nfl","19":"tag-panthers","20":"tag-thomas-fletcher","21":"tag-tommy-tremble","22":"tag-youngstown-state-university"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116090304185180689","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/759775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=759775"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/759775\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/759776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=759775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=759775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=759775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}