Jan. 29, 2026, 7:41 a.m. CT
Another defensive assistant coach is expected to follow Jeff Hafley to the Miami Dolphins. In addition to defensive backs coach Ryan Downard and linebackers coach Sean Duggan, defensive quality control assistant Wendel Davis is also headed to Miami to join Hafley’s Dolphins, per NFL insider Aaron Wilson.
Davis, 37, has been on Matt LaFleur’s staff since 2019. He spent all seven seasons as a quality control coach on the defensive side.
LaFleur has now lost three assistant coaches to Hafley, who was hired to be the Dolphins head coach earlier this month.
Hafley declared Davis the defense’s “Ball King” this summer, and it was Davis’ job to chart plays in practice and highlight missed opportunities to punch at the ball and create fumbles. The offseason emphasis didn’t pay off, however, and the Packers backtracked in both takeaways and forced fumbles in 2025.
Before joining the Packers, Davis spent two years as a linebackers coach at Texas A&M University- Commerce (2013-14), one season as a football analyst at Texas (2015) and three seasons as a graduate assistant at Georgia (2016-18).
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Davis, a Texas native, played four seasons (2006-09) as a linebacker at Arkansas.
Wilson also confirmed that Derrick Ansley will not return to the Packers coaching staff. The team hired Bobby Babich as the new defensive backs coach and passing game coordinator.