Sources: Fewell stepping in to oversee officiating

Longtime coach Perry Fewell has joined the NFL league office for a job that will include supervision of the officiating department, sources told ESPN on Friday.

Fewell served as the Carolina Panthers’ interim head coach in 2019. He has no experience as an official but follows a long line of prominent coaches who have detoured to the league office between on-field jobs, a list that has included Joe Philbin and Jim Schwartz in recent years.

The 57-year-old Fewell, however, will step into an unusual role in that context.