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While most of the NFL coaching jobs are filled, some teams are still fiddling with titles and re-assigning guys.

The Panthers gave a promotion to one of their own, naming secondary coach Steve Wilks assistant head coach.

The Panthers are one of three teams to have ranked in the top 10 in defense each of the last three seasons (along with the Seahawks and 49ers), and Wilks has been a key component in that.

Last year, he was forced to throw his roster in a blender and start over, and cobbled together a solid unit out of a bunch of kids and an old guy who can’t run (Roman Harper).

Wilks worked with coach Ron Rivera in San Diego and Chicago, but has even deeper roots to his hometown. He starred at West Charlotte High School and Appalachian State (which automatically makes him a football savant).