Feb. 26, 2026, 9:13 a.m. CT
Arizona Cardinals assistant Sam Sewell will get a second interview with Matt LaFleur and the Green Bay Packers for the team’s open special teams coordinator job, per ESPN’s Rob Demovsky. Sewell was among the initial interviews and is now headed to Green Bay for an in-person interview, suggesting he’s one of the finalists for the job.
Sewell has a direct tie to new Packers defensive coordinator Jonathan Gannon, who hired him as the assistant special teams coach in Arizona under Jeff Rodgers in 2023. Prior to joining the NFL coaching ranks, Sewell — whose father played running back in the NFL — played collegiately at Northern Arizona as a tight end and then spent 13 seasons coaching various positions and special teams at the collegiate level, including Eastern Michigan.
Sewell has never been a coordinator at the NFL level, but he did spend three years learning under Rodgers, who has been coaching special teams in the NFL for almost 25 years.
The Cardinals, who faced the NFL’s toughest schedule by DVOA in 2025, ranked 30th in special teams DVOA last season. At PFF, the Cardinals ranked 18th overall on special teams. Kicker Chad Ryland missed eight of his 33 field goal attempts, and the Cardinals ranked 30th in field goal percentage. Arizona was better across the board on special teams in 2024.
The Packers are in the process of replacing Rich Bisaccia, who spent four seasons as the special teams coordinator before stepping down earlier this month.
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Hiring Sewell would be taking from Mike LaFleur’s first staff in Arizona.