Dave Canales is the head coach of the rebuilding Carolina Panthers and has his wife, Lizzy Canales, by his side. The couple have a documented rocky history but are now living in Raleigh, North ...

Lizzy, who at one point held down three jobs to support Canales early in his career, had other plans. Canales recalled her saying: “I think you can go as far as you want, and I've got your back ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — In June, just after a Carolina Panthers practice had wrapped up, head coach Dave Canales gave the longest locker room pep talk of his life.

Dave and Lizzy Canales have four children, who now all go to school in Charlotte. Although Canales is the only current Hispanic head coach in the NFL, he’s not the first the Panthers have employed.

Carolina Panthers coach Dave Canales coaches against the Atlanta Falcons at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, N.C. on Sunday, October 13, 2024. The Panthers lost, 38-20, dropping their record ...

Carolina Panthers coach Dave Canales coaches against the Atlanta Falcons at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, N.C. on Sunday, October 13, 2024. The Panthers lost, 38-20, dropping their record ...

Dave and Lizzy Canales have four children, who now all go to school in Charlotte. Although Canales is the only current Hispanic head coach in the NFL, he’s not the first the Panthers have employed.

CHARLOTTE — His face flushed with emotion, his eyes welling with tears, Dave Canales grows quiet and lets the silence linger. It’s a Sunday morning in mid-August, a half-hour before the ...