Dave Canales spent two decades working his way through the ranks before being named head coach of the Carolina Panthers in 2024. Dave Canales’ Family Has Deep Religious Roots“My grandparents were church planters and missionaries to Mexi-Cali [the Mexican side of California border],” Canales told Buccaneers.com in November 2023. Dave Canales Is Married and a Father of 4Dave married his wife, Lizzy Canales, in 2006 and the couple share four children: daughters Ashby, Beatrice and Amaya, and son, Benjamin. Dave Canales Made Shocking Admissions About His Marriage in BookIn 2022, Dave and Lizzy wrote and published a book together, “This Marriage? Dave Canales Underwent Treatment to Remove CancerDave underwent a procedure to remove a small spot of cancer from his nose in April 2026.