{"id":706316,"date":"2026-01-26T12:36:27","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T12:36:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/706316\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T12:36:27","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T12:36:27","slug":"packers-hiring-former-cardinals-head-coach-as-new-defensive-coordinator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/706316\/","title":{"rendered":"Packers hiring former Cardinals head coach as new defensive coordinator"},"content":{"rendered":"

ESPN: Packers hiring former Cardinals head coach as new defensive coordinator<\/p>\n

ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported Sunday the team is hiring Jonathan Gannon.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tUpdated: 12:11 PM CST Jan 25, 2026\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Packers have a new a new defensive coordinator.ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported Sunday the team is hiring former Arizona Cardinals head coach, Jonathan Gannon.The Cardinals fired Gannon earlier this month after a 37-20 season-ending loss to the Los Angeles Rams. Gannon leaves Arizona with a 15-36 record over three seasons.Prior to Arizona, Gannon worked as defensive coordinator for the Philadelphia Eagles for two seasons when the the Eagles fell to the Kansas City Chiefs, 38-35, in Super Bowl LVII.Gannon replaces Jeff Hafley, who was named head coach of the Miami Dolphins last week.The Packers also agreed to a new multiyear deal with head coach Matt Lafleur last Sunday.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

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The Packers have a new a new defensive coordinator.<\/p>\n

ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported Sunday the team is hiring former Arizona Cardinals head coach, Jonathan Gannon.<\/p>\n

The Cardinals fired Gannon earlier this month after a 37-20 season-ending loss to the Los Angeles Rams. Gannon leaves Arizona with a 15-36 record over three seasons.<\/p>\n

Prior to Arizona, Gannon worked as defensive coordinator for the Philadelphia Eagles for two seasons when the the Eagles fell to the Kansas City Chiefs, 38-35, in Super Bowl LVII.<\/p>\n

Gannon replaces Jeff Hafley, who was named head coach of the Miami Dolphins last week.<\/p>\n

The Packers also agreed to a new multiyear deal with head coach Matt Lafleur last Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ESPN: Packers hiring former Cardinals head coach as new defensive coordinator ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported Sunday the team…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":706317,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2078],"tags":[4191,375,390,2604,1327,2792,102701,12,7,102700,41,6496,7062,58,88308,6,35250,428,109,189,102702,3667,185,23577],"class_list":{"0":"post-706316","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arizona-cardinals","8":"tag-adam-schefter","9":"tag-arizona","10":"tag-arizona-cardinals","11":"tag-arizonacardinals","12":"tag-cardinals","13":"tag-defensive-coordinator","14":"tag-epsn","15":"tag-espn","16":"tag-football","17":"tag-former-cardinals-head-coach","18":"tag-green-bay","19":"tag-head-coach","20":"tag-jonathan-gannon","21":"tag-los-angeles-rams","22":"tag-new-defensive-coordinator","23":"tag-nfl","24":"tag-packer","25":"tag-packers","26":"tag-philadelphia-eagles","27":"tag-season","28":"tag-season-ending-loss","29":"tag-sunday","30":"tag-team","31":"tag-wisn"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115961435640962944","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/706316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=706316"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/706316\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/706317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=706316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=706316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=706316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}