http://wfae.org en http://wfae.org/post/enlisting-coaches-effort-prevent-domestic-violence <p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">Coaches can have a big impact on kids on and off the field.&nbsp; With that in mind, a group working to prevent domestic violence gathered together a couple hundred coaches in Charlotte Thursday. They discussed how to grow players into respectful, young men. &nbsp;</span></p><p>The group A Call To Men knows how to get coaches to listen up.&nbsp; Call in Carolina Panthers Coach Ron Rivera.</p><p>“When I started here, the very first thing I put up on my first PowerPoint: be a man,” Rivera told the coaches.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> Thu, 14 Mar 2013 21:20:32 +0000 Lisa Miller 23268 at http://wfae.org Enlisting Coaches In The Effort To Prevent Domestic Violence http://wfae.org/post/after-7-9-season-what-comes-next-panthers <div class="entry-content"><p>NEW ORLEANS - Brandon Beane, the Carolina Panthers’ acting general manager, is standing next to the tunnel that leads to the Mercedes-Benz Superdome field. He wears a general manager quality pin-striped suit and brown shoes.</p><p>Marty Hurney, whom the Panthers fired as general manager in October, never dressed like that.</p><p>”Marty wasn’t interested in fashion,” Beane says.</p><p>Beane, 36, is. He also, one would suppose, is interested in becoming Carolina’s full-time general manager.&nbsp;But he won’t say it. A courteous no comment is all I get.</p> Mon, 31 Dec 2012 07:07:21 +0000 Tom Sorensen/Charlotte Observer 18545 at http://wfae.org After 7-9 Season, What Comes Next For Panthers?