Packers players and staff from Michigan: Head coach Matt LaFleur is from Mount Pleasant, Mich., and went to Mount Pleasant High School…DL Karl Brooks is from Lansing, Mich., and attended Lansing Sexton High School… CB Kamal Hadden was born in Ypsilanti, Mich., and attended River Rouge (Mich.) High School…Packers players and staff who played college football in Michigan: LaFleur played wide receiver at Western Michigan (1998- 99) and quarterback at Saginaw Valley State (2000-02)… DL Rashan Gary (2016-18) played at the University of Michigan…Offensive coordinator Adam Stenavich played at the University of Michigan (2002-05)…DBs coach Ryan Downard played at Eastern Michigan (2007-10)…Packers coaches who have coached in Michigan: LaFleur was an offensive assistant at Saginaw Valley State (2003), a graduate assistant at Central Michigan (2004-05) and a QBs/WRs coach at Northern Michigan (2006)…Stenavich was a strength and conditioning intern (2011) and a graduate assistant (2012-13) for the Wolverines…RBs coach Ben Sirmans coached at Michigan State for two seasons (2005-06)…Senior assistant Luke Getsy was a WRs coach at Western Michigan in 2013…Packers staff with connections to Michigan: Chief of staff Darryl Franklin spent three years as a graduate assistant at Central Michigan…Chief financial officer Maureen Smith is from Davisburg, Mich., and attended the University of Michigan…Lions with connections to Wisconsin: Regional scout Mark Olson is from Hudson, Wis., and attended the University of Wisconsin-River Falls…Former Lions: Franklin was a player personnel intern with the Lions in 2008…Former Packers: LB Ty Summers was selected by the Packers in the seventh round (No. 226 overall) of the 2019 NFL Draft and played for Green Bay for three seasons (2019-21)…QBs coach Mark Brunell was selected by the Packers in the fifth round (No. 118 overall) of the 1993 NFL Draft and spent the first two seasons of his career (1993-94) in Green Bay…Offensive coordinator John Morton spent time on Green Bay’s practice squad in 1993…Senior personnel executive John Dorsey spent 21 years as an executive with the Packers (1991-98, 2000-12) and also played in 76 games for the Packers from 1984-88…Head equipment manager Tim O’Neil spent six seasons as an equipment assistant in Green Bay (1995-2000) and is the uncle of Packers LBs coach Sean Duggan…Assistant strength and conditioning coach Thadeus Jackson spent 14 seasons with the Packers as a strength and conditioning asssitant coach (2010-23)… Notable NFL connections: LaFleur was the offensive coordinator for the Los Angeles Rams in 2017 when Lions QB Jared Goff was on the roster, when Lions executive V.P. and general manager Brad Holmes served as the Rams’ director of college scouting and assistant general manager Ray Agnew was the director of pro personnel, Goff also was teammates with Packers QBs coach Sean Mannion, special teams quality control coach Cory Harkey and offensive assistant Jeremiah Kolone in his time with the Rams…Holmes and Sirmans crossed paths with the Rams in 2012 when Sirmans was the RBs coach…LaFleur was the offensive coordinator for the Tennessee Titans in 2018 when Lions WR Kalif Raymond played there…LaFleur was the QBs coach for the Washington Redskins when Lions RBs coach Tashard Choice played there in 2011… Lions defensive assistant Jim O’Neil served as the Raiders’ DBs coach in 2019-20 when Packers CB Keisean Nixon played for the team…Nixon, Packers CB Nate Hobbs, RB Josh Jacobs, assistant head coach/special teams coordinator Rich Bisaccia and assistant special teams coach Byron Storer were with the Raiders in 2021 when Morton and CB Amik Robertson were with the team…Storer, Bisaccia, passing game coordinator Derrick Ansley, Nixon and Jacobs also crossed paths with Jim O’Neil when he was with the Raiders from 2018-20…Storer played for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Bisaccia was on Tampa Bay’s coaching staff when Lions offensive assistant Bruce Gradkowski played there in 2007…Getsy was the offensive coordinator for the Chicago Bears when Lions RB David Montgomery and EDGE Al-Quadin Muhammad played for the Bears in 2022…Packers defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley and Downard were on the Cleveland Browns’ defensive coaching staff when Jim O’Neil was the defensive coordinator there from 2014-15…Bisaccia was the assistant head coach/special teams coordinator for the Dallas Cowboys when Choice was a coaching intern there in 2016…Stenavich spent a portion of the 2008 offseason with the Cowboys during his playing career, where he was teammates with Choice…Choice played for the Buffalo Bills and Jim O’Neil was on the coaching staff when Packers passing game coordinator Jason Vrable was an offensive quality control coach there in 2013…Vrable was an offensive assistant for the N.Y. Jets in 2017 when Morton, Lions defensive line coach/run game coordinator Kacy Rodgers and Raymond were with the Jets in 2017… Packers K Brandon McManus crossed paths with Lions assistant special teams coach Jett Modkins, OL Graham Glasgow and Raymond when McManus played for the Denver Broncos from 2014-22…Hafley and Stenavich were on the San Francisco 49ers’ coaching staff when Lions CB D.J. Reed and TE Ross Dwelley played there in 2018…Packers G Aaron Banks and Lions CB Rock Ya-Sin were teammates with the 49ers in 2024…Hafley and Packers assistant defensive line coach Vince Oghobaase worked with Jim O’Neil when he was the 49ers’ defensive coordinator in 2016…Packers LB Kristian Welch was teammates with Lions C Trystan Colon, Ya-Sin and CB Arthur Maulet with the Baltimore Ravens…Welch played for the Denver Broncos in 2024 when Morton was on the coaching staff…Morton was on the New Orleans Saints’ coaching staff in 2006 when Packers executive vice president/ director of football operations Russ Ball was the Saints’ vice president of football administration…Packers TEs coach John Dunn was on the N.Y. Jets’ coaching staff from 2019-20, where he crossed paths with Maulet…Notable college connections: Packers DL Lukas Van Ness and Welch were teammates with Lions LB Jack Campbell at Iowa…Jacobs was teammates with Lions DB Brian Branch and WR Jameson Williams at Alabama…Gary and Lions EDGE Aidan Hutchinson were teammates at Michigan in 2018…Glasgow crossed paths with Stenavich at Michigan from 2011-13…Lions OL Tate Ratledge was teammates with Packers’ DL Devonte Wyatt, TE John FitzPatrick, LB Quay Walker, S Javon Bullard, DL Nazir Stackhouse and DL Warren Brinson at Georgia…Ratledge played at Georgia when Packers assistant OL coach Eddie Gordon was on the coaching staff…Brinson, Stackhouse and Bullard were also teammates with Lions WR Dominic Lovett at Georgia…Packers T/G Jordan Morgan and Lions DL Roy Lopez played together at Arizona in 2020…Hobbs and Lions S Kerby Joseph were teammates at Illinois for three seasons (2018-20).
