Matt LaFleur has secured his future with the Green Bay Packers, but he's now eyeing a coaching staff overhaul to push Green Bay over the hump in 2026 and beyond.
Matt LaFleur knows he's going to be the head coach of the Green Bay Packers for at least the next few seasons. The exact details of the contract he hammered out with team president Ed Policy are unknown, but LaFleur won't be a lame duck heading into 2026.
We also know that general manager Brian Gutekunst and executive vice president/director of football operations, Russ Ball, should be getting extensions as well.
What that means is that the Packers' "brain trust" is set for at least the foreseeable future. Good, bad or ugly, Policy is moving forward with the folks who have gotten the Packers to the playoffs in six out of the last seven seasons.
What we don't know is what LaFleur's staff will look like just yet for 2026. The entirety of the NFL is in flux right now with multiple head coaching and coordinator openings, and the Packers have at least one opening to fill with defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley recently being named head coach of the Miami Dolphins.
The Packers need a new defensive coordinator, but there may be other changes to the staff in the coming weeks. In fact, Rob Demovsky of ESPN is reporting that now that he's extended, LaFleur is currently evaluating his staff.
"LaFleur was still in the evaluation phase of his own staff. A source Monday evening said LaFleur was still "working through" whether he would make any significant changes to his coaching staff after getting a contract extension Saturday night," Demovsky recently wrote. "That could include a complete overhaul at the coordinator spots if he decided to move on from Adam Stenavich (offense) and Rich Bisaccia (special teams)."
An overhaul of the coordinator group would make sense as the Pack head into this new era.
© Mark Hoffman/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK. Green Bay Packers assistant head coach/special teams coordinator Rich Bisaccia is shown during organized team activities Wednesday, May 29, 2024 in Green Bay, Wisconsin.Rich Bisaccia is one of the highest-paid assistants in the NFL. Still, his special teams units have consistently underperformed and, in fact, this past season, they cost the Packers multiple winnable games. He should be on the next flight out of Green Bay.
Adam Stenavich's role is a bit more nuanced because it's LaFleur who calls the plays. He's not a traditional offensive coordinator, but considering the multiple times we saw Green Bay's offense stall this past season, perhaps a fresh set of eyes helping LaFleur game-plan could be a good idea.
Either way, change must be made. The Packers chose to stand pat at the top, but that doesn't mean changes should not be made as they try to get over the hump in 2026 and beyond.
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