Someone make sure the last coach left in Tennessee remembers to turn off the lights, OK?
According to Terry McCormick of TitanInsider, the Titans have lost their fifth coach of the offseason. Wide receivers coach Fred Graves is leaving the club to take a similar position on Ron Rivera’s first Panthers staff. Graves is the fourth assistant coach to leave the Titans, by choice or force, this offseason and, of course, head coach Jeff Fisher also left the team.
Graves spent four years with the Titans after stints with the Bills, Browns and Lions. Before jumping to the NFL, he spent 18 years as an assistant at the University of Utah. One of his pupils in Salt Lake City during that run was Panthers wide receiver Steve Smith.
With the Graves addition, the Panthers are a step closer to rounding out their staff. They still need position coaches for running backs, tight ends, defensive line and linebackers. The Titans, meanwhile, are starting the process of finding their next head coach on Monday by interviewing offensive line coach Mike Munchak before moving on to other candidates.
