Flajole Headed to St. Louis

What was speculated yesterday is now confirmed: Carolina Panthers linebacker coach Ken Flajole will indeed head to St. Louis to become the defensive coordinator for the Rams next season. Flajole is following the lead of other Carolina assistants Mike McCoy and Sal Sunseri and jumping ship, taking a better position elsewhere. The former Panthers linebacker coach was selected as part of new St. Louis Rams coach Steve Spagnuolo’s crew, where he will be filling one of the top two slots of Spagnuolo’s new coaching staff. Flajole will be joined in St. Louis by former Philadelphia Eagles quarterbacks coach Pat Shurmur, who was recently tapped as the Rams’ new offensive coordinator.

Flajole, a 54-year-old longtime football coach who has been with the Carolina Panthers since 2003, helped aid the cats to a Super Bowl appearance in Super Bowl XXXVIII. Prior to coaching in Carolina, Flajole spent time assisting in the NFL with both the Seattle Seahawks and Green Bay Packers, previously serving as an assistant coach at University of Missouri. In his college days, Ken Flajole was a linebacker for Wenatchee Valley Community College and Pacific Lutheran.

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