Rich Bisaccia steps down as Packers
special teams coordinator
[February 18, 2026]
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Rich Bisaccia has stepped down as the
Green Bay Packers special teams coordinator after four seasons.
Bisaccia said Tuesday in a statement released by the team that he
had made the decision “after taking some time to reflect over the
last few weeks.”
The Packers’ season ended Jan. 10 with a 31-27 loss to the Chicago
Bears in the wild-card round of the NFC playoffs.
Bisaccia, 65, joined Packers coach Matt LaFleur’s staff after going
7-6 as Las Vegas’ interim head coach in 2021 and helping the Raiders
reach the playoffs that season. Bisaccia added the title of
assistant head coach in March 2023.
Bisaccia was the Packers third special teams coordinator in as many
years when he got to Green Bay.
The Packers were hoping Bisaccia could fix Green Bay’s history of
special teams issues, a trend that began well before LaFleur’s
tenure started in 2019.
He had mixed results in that regard.
Keisean Nixon followed Bisaccia to Green Bay from Las Vegas and
earned All-Pro honors as a kick returner in 2022 and 2023. This
season, Daniel Whelen became the first Packer to lead the NFL in
gross punting average since the 1970 AFL-NFL merger.
Yet Green Bay also had some notable special teams breakdowns the
past few years, making Bisaccia a major target for criticism among
Packers fans.
With the NFC North lead at stake, the Packers fell 22-16 in overtime
at Chicago on Dec. 20 after the Bears recovered an onside kick to
set up the tying touchdown late in the fourth quarter. In Green
Bay’s playoff loss at Chicago, Brandon McManus went 0 for 2 on
field-goal attempts and missed an extra point.
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Green Bay Packers special teams coordinator Rich Bisaccia stands on
the sideline in the second half of an NFL football game Dec. 14,
2025, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)
Before coming to Green Bay, Bisaccia had worked as
a special teams coordinator with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2002-10),
San Diego Chargers (2011-12), Dallas Cowboys (2013-17) and Raiders
(2018-21).
“While we are disappointed to lose a person and coach as valuable as
Rich, we respect his decision to step down from the Packers,”
LaFleur said in a statement.
“Rich was a tremendous resource to me and our entire coaching staff
who had a profound impact on our players and our culture throughout
the building. We can’t thank him enough for his contributions to our
team over the last four years. We wish Rich, his wife, Jeanne, and
the rest of their family all the best moving forward.”
Bisaccia’s decision means the Packers will have a new special teams
coordinator as well as a defensive coordinator for the 2026 season.
The Packers hired former Arizona Cardinals head coach Jonathan
Gannon as their defensive coordinator to take over for Jeff Hafley,
who left after two seasons to become the Miami Dolphins head coach.
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