{"id":729589,"date":"2026-02-04T20:28:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T20:28:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/729589\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T20:28:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T20:28:16","slug":"source-cardinals-mike-lafleur-hires-nathaniel-hackett-as-oc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/729589\/","title":{"rendered":"Source: Cardinals’ Mike LaFleur hires Nathaniel Hackett as OC"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Josh WeinfussFeb 4, 2026, 02:32 PM ET<\/p>\n

Close<\/a>Josh Weinfuss is a staff writer who covers the Arizona Cardinals and the NFL at ESPN. Josh has covered the Cardinals since 2012, joining ESPN in 2013. He is a member of the Pro Football Writers of America and a graduate of Indiana University.<\/p>\n

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TEMPE, Ariz. — Nathaniel Hackett is back working for a LaFleur.<\/p>\n

New Cardinals<\/a> coach Mike LaFleur is hiring Hackett to be Arizona’s offensive coordinator, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter.<\/p>\n

Hackett, 46, spent last season as a defensive analyst for Mike’s brother, Green Bay Packers<\/a> head coach Matt LaFleur. Before that, Hackett was the New York Jets<\/a>‘ offensive coordinator for two seasons (2023-24), the Denver Broncos<\/a>‘ head coach in ’22 and Matt LaFleur’s offensive coordinator from 2019 to ’21.<\/p>\n

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Mike LaFleur said Tuesday during his introductory news conference that he will be calling Arizona’s offensive plays, so Hackett is back in a position that doesn’t require him to be the playcaller. Matt LaFleur was the Packers’ playcaller during Hackett’s time in Green Bay as well.<\/p>\n

Hackett succeeded LaFleur after he was fired as the Jets’ offensive coordinator. Hackett was stripped of playcalling duties during the 2024 season.<\/p>\n

While he was the Packers’ offensive coordinator, former Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rodgers<\/a> won back-to-back MVPs in 2020 and 2021.<\/p>\n

In 2022, he left the Packers to be the Broncos’ head coach, but he was fired before his first season concluded.<\/p>\n

Hackett also was an offensive coordinator with the Buffalo Bills<\/a> and Jacksonville Jaguars<\/a> during his career.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Josh WeinfussFeb 4, 2026, 02:32 PM ET CloseJosh Weinfuss is a staff writer who covers the Arizona Cardinals…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":729590,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[77],"tags":[7,6,84],"class_list":{"0":"post-729589","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl-playoffs","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-nfl","10":"tag-nfl-playoffs"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/729589","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=729589"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/729589\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/729590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=729589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=729589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=729589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}