David Tepper fired Carolina coach Frank Reich on Monday, but on Tuesday, the Panthers owner said he hasn’t soured on rookie quarterback Bryce Young.

Carolina traded into the No. 1 pick in the 2023 NFL Draft to select Young. The Panthers fired Reich 11 games into his first season with the team holding a 1-10 record.

Young’s passing-efficiency rating ranks 30th among the NFL’s regular quarterbacks. The former Alabama All-American has completed 216-of-350 passes for 1,877 yards with nine touchdowns and eight interceptions.

Meanwhile, the No. 2 pick in the draft, Ohio State QB C.J. Stroud ranks sixth in the NFL in passing-efficiency. He has completed 249-of-391 passes for 3,266 yards with 19 touchdowns and five interceptions for the Houston Texans, who have a 6-5 record after going 3-13-1 last season. Carolina had a 7-10 record last season.

“As far as Bryce Young is concerned,” Tepper said, “for myself — and I think everybody in this building would share this sentiment – we are totally confident in that pick. I think the people that made that pick first would be totally confident in that. Some of them you could ask. And for me, I’m totally confident in agreeing with that pick.”

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Tepper disagreed with reports that he had imposed the selection of Young on the Panthers’ football staff.

“Whether it was head coach, whether it was Bryce, I don’t really vote on those decisions until the last piece,” Tepper said. “Those decisions are made by the football people. Now, look, everything that’s right and everything that’s wrong here, ultimately is my fault. OK? I have the final say. But as far as those decisions, whether it’s Frank Reich or it’s Bryce Young, those decisions were made. In the case of Bryce, I believe it was a unanimous decision by the coaches and the scouts – and very strong opinions at the time. …

“Originally, we were going to go with the No. 2 pick, and we thought we’d get C.J. because we thought the Texans were going to pick Bryce. And listen, we preferred Bryce. He was our No. 1 pick. We had a lot of conviction.

“But in answer to your question, it’s just not the way the process was done. The process was done the way the process was done. And again, even though the process was with five people in the room, and if the way the votes came in, Frank was the first choice, I always could veto that choice. And even if it was Bryce and the votes came in unanimously, in this particular case, I could have vetoed that choice. In both cases, I supported both choices.”

Tepper didn’t go into details about Reich’s release, other than to note the product on the field.

“We moved on yesterday,” Tepper said, “and that’s that.”

After special-teams coordinator Chris Tabor was named the interim head coach on Monday, the Panthers announced quarterbacks coach Josh McCown and assistant head coach/running-backs coach Duce Staley also had been fired.

Offensive coordinator Thomas Brown will call the plays. Reich called the plays for the Panthers’ first six games, turned the duty over to Brown for three games, then resumed the responsibility in the past two games.

“I think Bryce will do great,” Tabor said. “Thomas will call the plays. Thomas has already called the plays, so I think it’s very easy.”

Senior assistant Jim Caldwell will work with the offensive staff in developing Carolina’s game plan. Caldwell has been the head coach the Indianapolis Colts and Detroit Lions.

Parks Frazier, who had been the Panthers’ passing-game coordinator, will serve as the quarterbacks coach, and Brown will work with the team’s running backs, Tabor said.

Tabor was asked at his Tuesday press conference if he planned changes to aid Young’s development.

“You can’t overhaul everything, but I think you can do some things,” Tabor said, “and we’ll work on that.”

The Panthers play the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in an NFC South game at 3:05 p.m. CST Sunday at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida.

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Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter at @AMarkG1.