{"id":759781,"date":"2026-02-18T06:53:20","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T06:53:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/759781\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T06:53:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T06:53:20","slug":"packers-st-coordinator-rich-bisaccia-stepping-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/759781\/","title":{"rendered":"Packers ST Coordinator Rich Bisaccia Stepping Down"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Packers coaching staff is dealing with another notable departure. After losing defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley to Miami last month, assistant head coach\/special teams coordinator Rich Bisaccia is suddenly stepping down, per NFL Network\u2019s Tom Pelissero<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\u201cWhile we are disappointed to lose a person and coach as valuable as Rich, we respect his decision to step down from the Packers,\u201d coach Matt LaFleur said in a statement<\/a>. \u201cRich was a tremendous resource to me and our entire coaching staff who had a profound impact on our players and our culture throughout the building. We can\u2019t thank him enough for his contributions to our team over the last four years. We wish Rich, his wife, Jeanne, and the rest of their family all the best moving forward.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bisaccia has been coaching consistently since the 1980s, and he\u2019s held an NFL job since the 2002 campaign. He\u2019s served as a special teams coordinator in stops with the Buccaneers, Chargers, Cowboys, and Raiders prior to his job in Green Bay.<\/p>\n

He got his first and only crack at a head coaching gig with the Raiders in 2021 following Jon Gruden\u2018s resignation. The interim HC ended up guiding his team to a 7-5 record and a playoff appearance, the team\u2019s second postseason nod since their Super Bowl loss in 2002. Despite the team\u2019s success, the organization ended up opting for Josh McDaniels as their new head coach for 2022, leading to Bisaccia seeking a job elsewhere.<\/p>\n

The veteran coach caught on as the special teams coordinator in Green Bay, where he\u2019s spent the past four seasons. He earned the additional title of assistant head coach in 2023, and he inked an extension with the organization last offseason that was intended to keep him in Green Bay through the 2026 campaign.<\/p>\n

The Packers special teams unit struggled mightily this past season. While the team got a standout showing from punter Daniel Whelan<\/a>, the Packers managed a league-low 5.6 yards per punt return. The unit also had a handful of miscues that ultimately led to losses for Green Bay. This included a Week 3 loss to the Browns where Brandon McManus<\/a>\u2018s potential game-tying field goal attempt was blocked. A week later, the Packers tied with the Cowboys in a game that saw their opponent return an extra point for a score.<\/p>\n

Later, in Week 16 against the Bears, Romeo Doubs<\/a> failed to secure a crucial onside kick recovery in an eventual overtime loss. These ST woes culminated in the team\u2019s playoff loss to Chicago. The Packers blew an 18-point lead in a game that saw McManus miss a pair of field goals and an extra point.<\/p>\n

While Bisaccia is stepping away from his job in Green Bay, it doesn\u2019t sound like the coach is calling it a career. In his statement, Bisaccia seemed to indicate that he\u2019ll take some time away before considering another gig.<\/p>\n

\u201cCoaching for the Green Bay Packers was truly an honor, and I will always be grateful for my time here,\u201d he said in a statement. \u201cI look forward to whatever is next for me and my family, and I wish nothing but the best for everyone in the organization.\u201d<\/p>\n

Now, LaFleur will have to go back to the drawing board to figure out the team\u2019s special teams weakness. The Packers may have to look outside the organization for a solution, as assistant special teams coach Byron Storer already left Green Bay for a promotion in Cleveland<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Packers coaching staff is dealing with another notable departure. After losing defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley to Miami…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":759782,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2072],"tags":[7,41,345,2514,2513,6,428,15667],"class_list":{"0":"post-759781","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-green-bay-packers","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-green-bay","10":"tag-green-bay-packers","11":"tag-greenbay","12":"tag-greenbaypackers","13":"tag-nfl","14":"tag-packers","15":"tag-rich-bisaccia"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116090321102734735","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/759781","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=759781"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/759781\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/759782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=759781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=759781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=759781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}