The 1999 Carolina Panthers season was the franchise's 5th season in the

National Football League The National Football League (NFL) is a Professional gridiron football, professional American football league in the United States. Composed of 32 teams, it is divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National ...

and the 1st and under

head coach A head coach, senior coach, or manager is a professional responsible for training and developing athletes within a sports team. This role often has a higher public profile and salary than other coaching positions. In some sports, such as associat ...

George Seifert George Gerald Seifert (born January 22, 1940) is an American former football coach. He served as the head coach for the San Francisco 49ers and the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League (NFL). Seifert owned the second-greatest winnin ...

who replaced

Dom Capers Ernest Dominic Capers (born August 7, 1950) is an American football coach who is a senior defensive assistant for the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League (NFL). He was previously the inaugural head coach of the Panthers and the Ho ...

as head coach. They improved upon their 4–12 record in

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

, and the Panthers went 8–8, their first .500 record in franchise history, but failed to make the playoffs for the fourth time in franchise history.

Offseason

1999 expansion draft

NFL draft

The 1999 NFL draft took place at

Radio City Music Hall Radio City Music Hall (also known as Radio City) is an entertainment venue and Theater (structure), theater at 1260 Sixth Avenue (Manhattan), Avenue of the Americas, within Rockefeller Center, in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York C ...

in New York City on April 17 and April 18, 1999. The Panthers selected five players in seven rounds. They traded their first-round pick to the

Washington Redskins The Washington Commanders are a professional American football team based in the Washington metropolitan area. The Commanders compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the National Football Conference (NFC) NFC East, East ...

in partial payment for the signing of

Sean Gilbert Sean Gilbert (born April 10, 1970) is an American college football coach and former professional player. He is the head football coach for Livingstone College, a position he has held since 2020. Gilbert played as a defensive tackle in the Nation ...

Staff

Roster

Schedule

Standings

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:1999 Carolina Panthers Season Carolina Panthers seasons

Carolina Panthers The Carolina Panthers are a professional American football team based in Charlotte, North Carolina. The Panthers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the National Football Conference (NFC) NFC South, South division. The t ...

Carolina 1990s in Charlotte, North Carolina