Todd Wash enters his third season as the defensive line coach with the Carolina Panthers. Wash has 31years of coaching experience overall, including 20 in the NFL.
In 2025, defensive tackle Derrick Brown set a new single-season best with 5.0 sacks and matched his single-season high with seven passes defensed. Brown was the only player in the NFL with 5.0 sacks and seven passes defensed when lined up as an interior defensive lineman this season and one of just four to hit those marks in a season when lined up as an interior defensive lineman. Brown also finished 2025 with 45 run stops (defined by Next Gen Stats as tackles on run plays that represent a failure for the offense), tied for the fourth most in the league. For Brown, this is the third time in the last four seasons (since 2022) that he has produced 40+ run stops, joining Cameron Heyward and Maxx Crosby as the only defensive lineman to do so three times.
In 2024, Wash guided defensive end A'Shawn Robinson to career-highs in total tackles (80), sacks (5.5), sack yards (45.5), quarterback hits (eight), and tackles for loss (eight). He led the league in tackles among defensive linemen.
During his first season with the Panthers (2023), Wash coached defensive tackle Derrick Brown to his first Pro Bowl and saw him set an NFL record for most tackles by a defensive lineman in a season with a career-high 103, surpassing Christian Wilkins' 2022 total of 98. Brown was the only player in the NFL in 2023 to record 100+ tackles, 15+ quarterback hits and at least seven tackles for loss.
In his final season in Detroit (2022), Wash helped rookie defensive end Aiden Hutchinson become the first rookie and just the second defensive lineman in NFL history to produce 9.5 sacks, three interceptions and two fumble recoveries. Hutchinson garnered NFL Defensive Rookie of the Month honors in three consecutive months (November, December & January).
Wash came to Detroit following an eight-season stint with the Jacksonville Jaguars (2013-20), including serving as the team's defensive coordinator for the final five (2016-20). As defensive coordinator, the Jaguars allowed the third-fewest net passing yards in the NFL and were tied for fifth in the league with 13 defensive touchdowns, while seven different defenders earned a combined 10 Pro Bowl selections.
As Seattle's defensive line coach for two years (2011-12), Wash's group was part of a defense that allowed the league's lowest passer rating (73.2) and third-fewest points per game (17.5) in that span.Wash began his NFL career with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2007-10) as the team's defensive line coach.
Prior to the NFL, Wash spent 11 seasons with five different schools in the college ranks. He had two stints (2005-06; 2002-03) as the defensive line coach at his alma mater, North Dakota State, and also served as the defensive coordinator/linebackers coach at Missouri Southern State (2004), and as Nebraska-Kearney's defensive coordinator (2000-01).
He began his coaching career at Fort Lewis College (1996) as the team's defensive coordinator and then was promoted to head coach/defensive coordinator, a position he held for three seasons (1997-99).
A two-time All-North Central Conference outside linebacker at North Dakota State, Wash played on two national championship teams with the Bison (1988 & 1990). He holds two degrees from NDSU, a bachelor's degree in physical education and a master's in athletic administration.
Wash and his wife, Darci, have two daughters, Alyssa and Jenae, and a son, Marcus. Darci was an All-American basketball player at NDSU, who played on three national championship teams and was inducted in the Bison Athletic Hall of Fame in 2012.
