Departing special teams coordinator Rich Bisaccia leaves the Green Bay Packers scrambling for a replacement, complicating a crucial coaching search at the worst possible time.
The Green Bay Packers need a new special teams coordinator. This is something many Packers fans have been opining for, but the timing really couldn't be any worse for Green Bay.
On Tuesday, Rich Bisaccia announced that he's stepping down as the team's special teams coordinator and assistant head coach.
"After taking some time to reflect over the last few weeks, I have made the decision to step down as the assistant head coach and special teams coordinator of the Green Bay Packers," Bisaccia said, via the team website. "I am incredibly grateful to Matt LaFleur, Brian Gutekunst, Ed Policy and Mark Murphy for their unwavering trust and support throughout my time in Green Bay. I am also thankful to the players for their consistent work and relentless effort to improve every single day. I would like to thank everyone in the organization for their dedication and commitment. The people in this building make it a special place to work.
"I want to also thank our fans and the people throughout the Green Bay community for their passion and love for this team. Coaching for the Green Bay Packers was truly an honor, and I will always be grateful for my time here. I look forward to whatever is next for me and my family, and I wish nothing but the best for everyone in the organization."
Bisaccia was named special teams coordinator in February of 2022 and was given the assistant head coach title in March of 2023. The former interim head coach of the Las Vegas Raiders, Bisaccia was known to be well-liked by his players and he was clearly respected by head coach Matt LaFleur for his experience as an assistant coach, which dates all the way back to 1983.
The problem for Bisaccia, and the Packers, was that even though they had made him the highest-paid special teams coach in the NFL, his units were always a weak point for the team.
Sure, there were highlights. Keisean Nixon becoming an All-Pro kick returner. Daniel Whelan becoming one of the best punters in the league.
There were also massive inconsistencies, though, and they were all highlighted during the 2025 season.
We're talking blocked field goals, blocked extra points, muffed onside kick returns, and seemingly a holding penalty against the Packers on every special teams play.
Special teams coordinator Rich Bisaccia is shown during Green Bay Packers minicamp Tuesday, June 7, 2022 in Green Bay, Wis. Packers08 21 © MARK HOFFMAN/MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL / USA TODAY NETWORK.So yes, it's good for the Packers that Bisaccia is leaving, because they desperately need a refresh on special teams.
The hard part is the timing of his decision.
The coaching cycle has essentially ended, so the chances of landing an up-and-coming special teams coordinator or a respected grizzled vet who can turn this thing around have severely decreased.
Coaches have now been locked in across the NFL, which means the Packers are going to have to scrape the bottom of the chili pot for this all-important hire.
There are options, of course, and it's up to LaFleur to sift through the league to try to uncover a diamond in the rough.
This decision from Bisaccia would have been much better for the Packers had it been made a month ago, though.
Why did he delay? Who knows.
Unfortunately, he's essentially screwing the Packers' special teams over one last time on his way out the door.
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