The Carolina Panthers season was the franchise's 18th season in the National Football League and the second under head coach Ron Rivera.
 A day after the Panthers loss to Dallas, general manager Marty Hurney was fired.
 Until a new general manager was hired (that hire eventually being Dave Gettleman), director of football operations Brandon Beane served as interim GM.
 In a statistical rarity, the team lost the first 13 of their coin tosses, an event with a 1 in 8,192 probability.
 In the thirteenth game, the Panthers asked fans on Facebook to make the call, but the vote ended in a 50/50 tie.
The Carolina Panthers season was the franchise's 17th season in the National Football League and the first season for Ron Rivera as head coach.
 In Week 16 of the 2010 season, the team clinched the NFL's worst record of that year and was given the #1 pick in the 2011 NFL Draft, with which the team selected Auburn quarterback Cam Newton, the 2010 Heisman Trophy winner.
 They improved on their 2–14 record from 2010, and finished 6–10, missing the playoffs for the third year in a row.
The Carolina Panthers season was the franchise's 19th season in the National Football League and the third under head coach Ron Rivera.
 NFL.com ranked the Panthers' schedule as the strongest in the league, with opponents having a combined record of 138/116(2), along with a winning percentage of .543.
Ronald Eugene Rivera (born January 7, 1962) is an American football coach and former player who is the head coach of the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League (NFL).
The 2017 Carolina Panthers season is the franchise's 23rd season in the National Football League and the seventh under head coach Ron Rivera.
 The Panthers will come off of a disappointing 2016 campaign where they finished 6–10 and last in the NFC South.
 For the first time since 2011, the Panthers will not play the Seattle Seahawks during the regular season.
 During the offseason, the team's notable free agent signings included Matt Kalil, Captain Munnerlyn, and Julius Peppers.
 The latter spent his first eight seasons with the Panthers.
 On July 17, 2017, the team announced Dave Gettleman had been relieved as general manager.
The 2015 Carolina Panthers season was the franchise's 21st season in the National Football League (NFL) and their fifth under head coach Ron Rivera.
 This season marked the first time in team history they played on Thanksgiving.
The Carolina Panthers are a professional American football club based in Charlotte, North Carolina.
 They play the southern division of the National Football Conference (NFC), one of the two conferences in the National Football League (NFL).
 On October 26, 1993, NFL owners unanimously selected Carolina as the 29th NFL franchise and the first expansion team since 1976.
 Carolina Panthers Owner/Founder Jerry Richardson, became just the second former player to own an NFL team along with George Halas of the Chicago Bears.
 The Panthers lost Super Bowl 50 to Denver Broncos after a 15-1 season.
The 2016 Carolina Panthers season was the franchise's 22nd season in the National Football League and the sixth under head coach Ron Rivera.
 It was also the team's 20th season at Bank of America Stadium.
 The previous year, the Panthers achieved their highest win total in franchise history with a 15–1 record.
 They entered the 2016 season as the defending NFC champions and NFC South champions and hope to repeat as NFC champions, but after a 1–5 start, their worst since 2004 (where they also were defending NFC Champions), the Panthers finished the season at 6–10, missing the playoffs for the first time since 2012.
 The Panthers struggled throughout the 2016 season with injuries and lost of star players via Free Agency and retirement.
 The Panthers became the first team in NFL history to go 15–1 and miss the playoffs the following year, the first runners up in the Super Bowl to miss the playoffs the next year since the 2008 Patriots, and failed to win the NFC South for the first time in three seasons.
 This was also the first team to have at least 15 wins and finish last in their division the following season.
The Carolina Panthers season was the franchise's 16th season in the National Football League, and their ninth under head coach John Fox.
 They entered the season trying to improve on their 8–8 record from 2009, but failed to do so with a record of 2–14 and were officially eliminated from postseason contention in Week 11.
 In Week 16, the team clinched the NFL's worst record of the year and earned the #1 pick in the 2011 NFL Draft.
 They would go on to select quarterback Cam Newton with that pick.
 On December 31, 2010, it was announced that the contracts of coach John Fox and his entire coaching staff would not be renewed.
At the 1992 NFL draft combine, Bates ran a 4.4 40, a full tenth of a second faster than top RB prospect Vaughn Dunbar and almost 2 tenths of a second than any of the other 34 halfbacks tested.
 Bates was the 150th overall selection by the Seattle Seahawks in the 1992 NFL Draft, but due to contract negotiations, he did not sign with Seattle and held out the 1992 season.
 In March of 1993 Bates signed an incentive laden contract including a $15k workout bonus, $10k playoff percentage time bonus and over $50k in performance bonus.
 In 1995 Bates was an exclusive rights free agent where Seattle ended up agreeing to terms with him on a 1 year $700k deal in July after new head coach Dennis Erickson traded for Ricky Proehl and drafted Joey Galloway, Bates became expendable and was waived August 28.
 The Carolina Panthers claimed Bates off waivers only to turn around and trade him the next day to the Cleveland Browns for Travis Hill.
 Bates spent the end of the 95 season on the inactive list and was not retained.
 1996 began his great run of seasons where he signed with the Carolina Panthers, he had 9,154 total yards in kick returns and five kick-return touchdowns (the NFL record for kickoff return touchdowns in a career is six).
 In one of his best seasons, 1996, he returned 33 kicks for 998 yards - a remarkable average of 30.2 yards per return - and one kick return touchdown.
 Bates was selected to the NFL 1990s All-Decade Team.
 After five seasons in Carolina, Bates was let go and the Redskins signed Bates to a 2-year $1.33million contract.
 Bates was let go after just one season and Carolina picked Bates back up for the 2002 season.
 His season was cut short that year however due to a broken ankle in the preseason.
 Bates was re-signed for the 2003 season with Carolina but was let go in the final cut down process for the regular season.
 After that Bates was signed by the Jets but once again injuries placed Bates on injured reserve in November of 2003.
 Bates was subsequently waived by the Jets and was able to sign with the Cowboys in late December and play for the Cowboys in their playoff run.

Question: The 2013 Carolina Panthers season was its 3rd under which former player as head coach?
Answer: Ronald Eugene Rivera