Former Seattle Seahawks assistant Dave Canales is now in charge of the Carolina Panthers, having turned his lone season as Tampa Bay Buccaneers offensive coordinator into his first head coaching job.
Given his close ties to the Seahawks, it comes as no surprise that Canales is looking at Seattle to help fill his own staff in Charlotte. Panthers reporter Joe Person says Canales is looking at Tracy Smith to be his special teams coordinator. No, not Tracy Smith from CBS Sunday Morning or the true crime TV show 48 Hours, but the son of longtime Pete Carroll assistant Carl ‘Tater’ Smith.