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Seifert Plans To Be Back in Carolina Next Year

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CHARLOTTE — No matter how bad it gets for the CarolinaPanthers this season, George Seifert says he'll be the head coachnext season.

Seifert tried to deflect a question about his future during anews conference today. When he finally decided to answer thequestion, he told reporters he has a contract and he plans oncoaching the team. However, Seifert says the issue right now is totry and win some football games.

There are two more years on the five-year deal Carolina gaveSeifert in 1999 to lure him out of retirement. Before coming to thePanthers, he had never had a losing season in the N.F.L. and had wontwo Super Bowls with San Francisco.

Right now, Seifert is 16-and-25 with Carolina and in the midstof an eight-game losing streak following yesterday's 48-to-14 routby the Saint Louis Rams.

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