Harold Goodwin, who has over 20 years of NFL coaching experience, enters his third season as the assistant head coach/run game coordinator for the Panthers.

Harold Goodwin, who has over 20 years of NFL coaching experience, enters his third season as the assistant head coach/run game coordinator for the Panthers.

In 2025, Goodwin helped oversee a Carolina rushing attack that featured multiple players – Rico Dowdle (1,076) and Chuba Hubbard (511) – each totaling over 500 yards on the ground for the first time since 2017. Goodwin was also instrumental in ensuring the team's rushing attack ranked in the top half of the league in yards before contact this season, despite tying for the league lead with 11 different starting offensive linemen combinations. Dowdle had single-season bests with 236 carries and six touchdowns, while his 1,076 rushing yards ranked 14th in the NFL, marking his second-straight 1,000-yard rushing season. Dowdle produced 20 explosive runs (12-plus yards), which tied for the ninth most in the league. In their postseason game, Hubbard scored two rushing touchdowns, one of just 17 players since 2000 with multiple rushing touchdowns in their playoff debut.

In his first season with Carolina (2024), Hubbard recorded his first career 1,000-yard season, marking the first time the Panthers had a 1,000 yard back since Christian McCaffrey (2019). Hubbard set career-highs in carries (250), rushing yards (1,195), rushing touchdowns (10), catches (43) and scrimmage yards (1,366) and was named a Pro Bowl alternate for his efforts. Guard Robert Hunt was named to his first career Pro Bowl game, an essential part of the offensive line that helped reduce the number of sacks from 65.0 in 2023 to 36.0 in 2024.

While with Tampa Bay (2023), running back Rachaad White set career-highs in rushing yards (990) and ranked third among NFL running backs with 549 receiving yards. His 1,539 scrimmage yards were tied for the seventh-most league-wide. Tackle Tristan Wirfs switched from right tackle to left tackle, and under Goodwin's tutelage was named to his third-straight Pro Bowl.

Wirfs earned a Pro Bowl selection (2022) as part of an offensive line unit that withstood the loss of three starters from 2021. The unit still led the league in fewest sacks allowed per pass attempt (2.8%). Over the previous three seasons, the Buccaneers led the league in that category, allowing a sack on 3.1% of pass plays and also recorded the most games without a sack allowed during that span (16).

Goodwin led a line that paved the way for White to accumulate 771 yards from scrimmage – the 10th-most by a Buccaneers rookie in team history. White led all rookie running backs in receptions (50) and receiving yards (290), while finishing seventh among that group in rushing yards (481).

In just his second season under Goodwin's guidance, Wirfs was selected as a first-team All-Pro by the Associated Press – the youngest member of the 2021 first-team All-Pro offense and the first Buccaneers offensive lineman in franchise history to earn a first-team selection. Wirfs was also one of three Tampa Bay offensive linemen to be named to the 2022 Pro Bowl roster, along with guard Ali Marpet and center Ryan Jensen – the most offensive linemen selected in a single season in franchise history. Running back Leonard Fournette finished the 2021 season fifth among all running backs in total first downs (75), tied for seventh in scrimmage touchdowns (10) and 10th in scrimmage yards (1,266).

In 2021, Tampa Bay allowed a sack on just 3.1% of passing plays – the best mark in the league. Behind its offensive line, the Buccaneers finished the 2021 season first in passing yards per game (307.6), second in points per game (30.1), second in total yards per game (405.9), second in third-down percentage (47.1) and third in yards per play (6.06).

In 2020, running back Ronald Jones II set a single-season franchise record by notching a career-best 5.1 rushing yards per attempt, the eighth-best mark in the NFL. Jones' 978 rushing yards and seven rushing touchdowns marked career-highs for the third-year running back. Additionally, Goodwin coached an offensive line that ranked second in fewest sacks allowed per pass attempt (3.4%) and fourth in fewest sacks allowed (22.0). The Buccaneers did not allow a sack five times during the regular season – tied for the second-most games by any team in 2020.

Goodwin mentored Wirfs to PFWA All-Rookie honors in 2020 after he started all 16 games for the Buccaneers, allowing just one sack. He finished the season as one of just two right tackles to have played 750-or-more snaps in 2020 while allowing one-or-fewer sacks and fewer than 10 quarterback hits, according to Pro Football Focus (PFF).

Tampa Bay's rushing attack stepped up in the team's four-game playoff run en route to a Super Bowl LV victory, improving its yards per game average from 94.4 during the regular season to 122.5 yards per game during the playoffs, while also contributing four rushing touchdowns throughout the postseason.

In his first season with Tampa Bay (2019), Goodwin coached an offensive line and run game that contributed to the team's 397.9 yards of total offense per game, which ranked third in the NFL. In addition to being near the top of the league in total offense, the Buccaneers also ranked first in passing offense (302.8) and tied for third in points scored (28.6). The Buccaneers scored 15 touchdowns on the ground in 2019, which was tied for the sixth-most in a single season in team history. Goodwin also helped oversee the development of Jones II, who rushed for a team-high 724 yards and six touchdowns.

Prior to joining the Buccaneers, Goodwin spent time as an offensive assistant with the Pittsburgh Steelers (2007-11), before spending a season as the offensive line coach of the Indianapolis Colts (2012) and as the Arizona Cardinals' offensive coordinator (2013-17).

During his time with the Cardinals, Goodwin helped transform the unit into one of the best in the NFL. The team ranked 32nd in the NFL the season before his arrival and, by the 2015 season, established franchise records for points scored (489), touchdowns (59), touchdown passes (35), total net yards (6,533), first downs (373) and passing first downs (237), while leading the NFL in net yards and ranking second in points scored.

Leading the Cardinals offense was quarterback Carson Palmer, who set franchise records with 4,671 passing yards, 35 touchdown passes and a 104.6 quarterback rating, en route to earning a Pro Bowl berth and being named second-team AP All-Pro. Palmer was sacked only 27.0 times on 562 attempts, tied for the fourth-fewest allowed in the NFL. Arizona ranked eighth in the NFL in rushing (119.8 yards per game) and scored 16 rushing touchdowns – tied for the sixth-most in the NFL – despite having three different players start at running back.

In 2016, Arizona scored 418 points, the fourth-most in a season in team history, while ranking ninth in the NFL in net yards (5,868) and sixth in points scored. The offense was led by second-year running back David Johnson, who set franchise records and led the NFL in scrimmage yards (2,118) and touchdowns (20), while being named to the Pro Bowl and earning first-team AP All-Pro honors. Wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald also earned a Pro Bowl berth after leading the NFL in receptions (107).

As offensive line coach for the Indianapolis Colts, Goodwin helped the team's offense finish 10th in the NFL in yards per game (362.4). During his time with the Steelers, Goodwin was part of the team that won Super Bowl XLIII and advanced to Super Bowl XLV. Working with the Steelers offensive line, Goodwin helped center Maurkice Pouncey earn Pro Bowl berths in each of their two seasons working together.

Beginning his NFL career as an assistant offensive line coach with Chicago, Goodwin spent three seasons with the team (2004-06). Prior to joining the Bears, he spent eight seasons in the collegiate ranks, first working as a graduate assistant/student assistant at his alma mater, Michigan (1995-97), before stints with Eastern Michigan (1998-99) and Central Michigan (2000-03).

Goodwin and his wife, Monica, have two daughters, Kylee and Miya, and one son, Bryson.

Coaching Career:

• 1995-97 | Michigan, Graduate Assistant
• 1998-99 | Eastern Michigan, Tight Ends/Offensive Tackles/Offensive Line
• 2000-02 | Central Michigan, Offensive Line
• 2003 | Central Michigan, Assistant Head Coach/Offensive Line
• 2004-06 | Chicago Bears, Assistant Offensive Line
• 2007-11 | Pittsburgh Steelers, Offensive Assistant
• 2012 | Indianapolis Colts, Offensive Line
• 2013-17 | Arizona Cardinals, Offensive Coordinator
• 2019-23 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Assistant Head Coach/Run Game Coordinator
• 2024-Pres. | Carolina Panthers, Assistant Head Coach/Run Game Coordinator