TheCarolina Panthers are a professionalAmerican football club based inCharlotte, North Carolina. They play in theNational Football League (NFL) as a member of the league'sNational Football Conference (NFC)South division. The Panthers were founded in 1993, when they joined the NFL as anexpansion team. The team home field and headquarters isBank of America Stadium inUptown Charlotte. The Panthers are supported throughout the Carolinas;^[1] although the team has played its home games in Charlotte since 1996, they played their home games atMemorial Stadium inClemson, South Carolina during its first season in 1995.^[2] In the 29 seasons the team has played, it has a record of223–260–1 (awinning percentage of .474), with two Super Bowl appearances, six division titles, and eight playoff appearances.^[3]

The Carolina Panthers inaugural season was in1995, where team played as members of theNFC West division.Dom Capers was the franchise's first head coach. In their first season, they recorded a record of7–9, the best record for an expansion team in NFL history.[4] In their second season, they won the NFC West and reached theNFC Championship game, where they lost to the eventual Super Bowl championGreen Bay Packers; Capers won theAssociated Press NFL Coach of the Year Award. The Panthers would fail to reach the playoffs in1997, and in1998, Capers was fired after a4–12 finish.[5]George Seifert was hired to replace him as head coach, but failed to reach the playoffs in any of his three seasons. His final season as head coach was in2001, when the Panthers finished with a league-worst1–15 record.[6]John Fox was hired as head coach in 2002. In his nine seasons as head coach, the Panthers made the playoffs three times and won twoNFC South division titles (in 2003 and 2008). They reachedSuper Bowl XXXVIII in2003, the NFC Championship game in 2005, and the Divisional round in 2008.^[3]

Fox was not retained as head coach following a2–14 finish in2010,^[7] and was succeeded byRon Rivera. Rivera's tenure as head coach was the most successful in team history.^[8] The Panthers reached the playoffs four times under Rivera, and won three straight division titles from 2013 to 2015. In2015, the Panthers recorded their most successful regular season, finishing with a league-best15–1 record; quarterbackCam Newton receivedMVP andOffensive Player of the Year honors.^[9][10] However, the team lostSuper Bowl 50 24–10 to theDenver Broncos.^[11][12] The team last recorded a playoff appearance in2017, when they recorded an11–5 record but lost to theNew Orleans Saints in the Wild Card round. Since then, the team has failed to record a winning season and has fired three head coaches (Rivera in 2019,Matt Rhule in 2022, andFrank Reich in 2023). In theirmost recent season, the team finished with a league-worst2–15 record.[13] As of 2024, the Panthers have never had consecutive seasons where they finished above .500, though they have had multiple cases of following an above-.500 finish one year with a .500 season the next.

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