CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The Carolina Panthers made six hires official on Wednesday as head coach Ron Rivera completed a major overhaul of his coaching staff.

Former Michigan head coach Brady Hoke was named the defensive line coach, Steve Russ the linebackers coach, Scott Turner the quarterbacks coach, Chase Blackburn the special teams coordinator, Heath Farwell the assistant special teams coach and Travelle Wharton the assistant offensive line coach.

The Panthers previously had hired Norv Turner, Scott's father, as the offensive coordinator to replace fired Mike Shula and promoted defensive line coach Eric Washington to defensive coordinator.

Brady Hoke joins the Panthers' staff after 34 seasons as a collegiate coach. Brian Spurlock/USA TODAY Sports

Many of the changes were started by the chain reaction that sent defensive coordinator Steve Wilks to Arizona, where he recently was named the head coach. Wilks took with him linebackers coach Al Holcomb to be his defensive coordinator.

Here’s a quick glance at the new hires:

Hoke: This is his first NFL job following 34 years on the collegiate level. He’s perhaps best known for recruiting Tom Brady, the New England quarterback seeking his sixth Super Bowl title on Sunday, to the University of Michigan.

He last was the interim head coach at Tennessee in 2017 after Butch Jones was fired. He’d previously been the defensive line coach for the Volunteers.

Russ: He spent six seasons (2012-17) at Air Force as the assistant head coach, including four as the defensive coordinator and secondary coach.

Prior to that Russ spent four seasons at Wake Forest, coaching tight ends and fullbacks his first two seasons before moving to the defensive side in 2010.

He was a seventh-round draft pick by Denver in 1995 and was part of the Broncos’ Super Bowl teams in 1997 and ’98.

Scott Turner: This is his second stint with the Panthers. He was the team’s offensive quality control coach from 2011-12.

Turner worked under his father as the quarterbacks coach with the Minnesota Vikings from 2014-16. He spent last season as a senior offensive analyst at Michigan.

Blackburn: A former Carolina linebacker and special teams standout, he was the assistant special teams coach the past two seasons.

Blackburn played eight seasons with the New York Giants (2005-12) and led the team in special teams tackles from 2005-10. He played his final two seasons with the Panthers.

Farwell: He will assist Blackburn after spending the past two seasons with the Seattle Seahawks, the second as the special teams assistant.

He spent 10 seasons (2005-14) in the NFL as a player between Minnesota and Seattle. He made the Pro Bowl in 2009 as a specialist and helped Seattle win the Super Bowl following the 2013 season.

Wharton: A former player who spent nine of his 10 seasons with the Panthers, he will assist John Matsko on the offensive line.

Wharton worked as a coaching assistant for the Panthers prior to the 2017 season during offseason workouts and training camp as part of the NFL Bill Walsh Diversity Coaching Fellowship. He was the offensive line coach at his alma mater, South Carolina, in 2015.