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| Baker leaves UNC after 1 month for Dallas Cowboys |
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02/09/2011 |
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| th NFL agent Gary Wichard became part of the NCAA investigation into the football program. In a statement released by the school, Baker said the Cowboys ``provided an opportunity I couldn't refuse.'' Baker had spent the past two seasons with the Carolina Panthers. The former Maryland linebacker coached 12 seasons in college and 15 seasons in the NFL.Copyright © 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. The information contained in the AP News report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or re |
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| Packers' backup Nelson steps up in Super Bowl |
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02/07/2011 |
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| adjustments. ``We had to play more zone coverage in the second half because we didn't want to lock some of the other guys up into one-on-one situations,'' Capers said. And so, the xx-year-old lifetime coach won his title. He coached two-year-old Carolina Panthers to the NFL title game in the 1990s and also coached the Houston Texans in their expansion years. Around that, he spent time as a defensive coach in Jacksonville, Miami, New Orleans, New England and, yes, even Pittsburgh. ``You have an appreciation |
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| Nelson's Super game tops Packers' great Max McGee |
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02/07/2011 |
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| ic. Just adjustments. ``We had to play more zone coverage in the second half because we didn't want to lock some of the other guys up into one-on-one situations,'' Capers said. And so, the 60-year-old lifetime coach won his title. He coached the Carolina Panthers to the NFL title game in the 1990s and also coached the Houston Texans in their expansion years. Around that, he spent time as a defensive coach in Jacksonville, Miami, New Orleans, New England and, yes, Pittsburgh. ``You have an appreciation for |
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| Packers' Pittsburgh roots run deep - until Sunday |
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02/05/2011 |
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| reen Bay because of Capers, who McCarthy hired before the 2009 season to turn around an underperforming defense by installing the 3-4. Capers was the Steelers' defensive coordinator from 1992 to '94 before taking over as the coach of the expansion Carolina Panthers. Greene, who played for Capers in Pittsburgh and Carolina, credited Capers for giving him his first chance to coach. ``I respected Coach Dom when he was my coach, and I think he respected me as a player because of the level of my commitment and |
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| Panthers hire Settle to coach running backs |
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02/04/2011 |
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - The Carolina Panthers have hired former NFL running back and Wisconsin assistant John Settle as running backs coach. Friday's move is a homecoming of sorts for the Reidsville, N.C., native and former Appalachian State star and fills one of the last openings on new coach Ron Rivera's staff. Settle replaces Jim Skipper, a popular figure in Carolina who wasn't retained after Rivera replaced John Fox. Settle played for the Mountaineers in the 1980s before becoming the first undrafted |
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| NFL Panthers to hire UGA linebackers coach Belin |
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02/03/2011 |
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - The Carolina Panthers have a new linebackers coach. The Panthers will hire University of Georgia linebackers coach Warren Belin, UGA spokesman Claude Felton confirmed Thursday. The Panthers will not announce the hire until Belin signs the contract. Belin worked for new Panthers defensive coordinator Sean McDermott in 1998 on the William & Mary staff. The 43-year-old Belin is a native of Marshville, N.C., and played at Wake Forest. Belin was Georgia's inside linebackers coach |
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| Bears hire Phair as defensive line coach |
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02/03/2011 |
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LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) - The Chicago Bears have hired Mike Phair as their defensive line coach. He replaces Eric Washington, who took a similar position on Ron Rivera's staff with the Carolina Panthers. Phair spent the past six seasons with the Seattle Seahawks, the last three on the coaching staff after working for them as an area scout. He was a defensive assistant last year after serving as assistant defensive line coach (2009) and assistant linebacker coach (2008). He also spent three seasons in Tam |
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| Pittsburgh Steelers Game Recaps |
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02/03/2011 |
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| zone for a safety with 2:38 remaining. ---Game 15Steelers 27, Panthers 3 PITTSBURGH (AP) - Ben Roethlisberger showed off Pittsburgh's deep passing game and the Steelers inched closer to a division title and a first-round playoff bye, beating the Carolina Panthers 27-3. Roethlisberger found Mike Wallace on a 43-yard scoring play and Emmanuel Sanders on a 35-yard completion to set up Rashard Mendenhall's 1-yard touchdown run as the Steelers opened a 20-0 halftime lead. It didn't seem that close and it wasn |
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| Old pals LeBeau, Capers match wits in Super Bowl |
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02/02/2011 |
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| between us and Pittsburgh. They've been running the same defense since about 1992.'' Since working together from 1992-94, their careers have followed separate paths. Capers has been a head coach twice, both times with expansion teams. He got the Carolina Panthers to the NFC championship game in his second season, but wasn't able to get the Houston Texans into the playoffs over five seasons. This is his 25th year as an NFL coach and his first trip to the Super Bowl. ``When you've been doing it this long, yo |
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| Panthers name three assistants to Rivera's staff |
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01/31/2011 |
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - The Carolina Panthers have added three more assistant coaches to new head coach Ron Rivera's staff. The Panthers announced Monday they had hired Fred Graves to coach wide receivers, Pete Hoener to coach tight ends and Eric Washington to coach the defensive line. Graves, who has spent the last four seasons with Tennessee, is Steve Smith's former wide receivers coach at Utah and should go a long way toward keeping the team's star receiver in Carolina. Hoener spent six years in San F |
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