(PACKERS) – Rich Bisaccia has stepped down as the assistant head coach and special teams coordinator of the Green Bay Packers. Head Coach Matt LaFleur made the announcement Tuesday.
“While we are disappointed to lose a person and coach as valuable as Rich, we respect his decision to step down from the Packers,” LaFleur said. “Rich 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’t 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.”
It was just a week ago at his season-ending news conference that Packers GM Brian Gutekunst said that he wanted Bisaccia back.
Bisaccia was named special teams coordinator on Feb. 8, 2022, and was promoted to assistant head coach/special teams coordinator on March 10, 2023. During his four seasons in Green Bay, he helped the Packers rank No. 7 in the league over that span in field-position margin (plus-1.2), including top-10 finishes in 2023 (No. 8, plus-2.1) and 2024 (No. 5, plus-2.7). Green Bay was tied for No. 2 in the NFL with 42 kickoff returns of 30-plus yards from 2022-25, the team’s most over a four-year span dating back to 2000. The Packers also ranked No. 4 in the NFL from 2022-25 in kickoffs inside the 20 with 28, including a league-best 12 in 2023.
“After taking some time to reflect over the last few weeks, I have made the decision to step down as the assistant head coach and special teams coordinator of the Green Bay Packers,” Bisaccia said. “I am incredibly grateful to Matt LaFleur, Brian Gutekunst, Ed Policy and Mark Murphy for their unwavering trust and support throughout my time in Green Bay. I am also thankful to the players for their consistent work and relentless effort to improve every single day. I would like to thank everyone in the organization for their dedication and commitment. The people in this building make it a special place to work.
“I want to also thank our fans and the people throughout the Green Bay community for their passion and love for this team. Coaching for the Green Bay Packers was truly an honor, and I will always be grateful for my time here. I look forward to whatever is next for me and my family, and I wish nothing but the best for everyone in the organization.”
In 2025, P Daniel Whelan set franchise single-season records for gross punting average (51.7) and net punting average (43.9), becoming the first Packer to lead the league in gross punting average since the 1970 AFL-NFL merger. His 51.7-yard average ranks No. 3 in NFL single-season history (min. 40 punts). Among players with 150-plus punts, Whelan has posted the top career punting average (47.8) and the top net punting average (41.2) in franchise history.
In 2023, Bisaccia tutored CB Keisean Nixon as he led the NFL in kickoff returns yards (782) and kickoff return average (26.1) on his way to earning first-team All-Pro honors from The Associated Press for the second straight season, just the fourth player to do so in back-to-back years (Mel Gray, 1990-91; Devin Hester, 2006-07; Cordarrelle Patterson, 2019-20). Nixon became just the second player in team history to lead the NFL in kickoff return yards in back-to-back seasons (Al Carmichael, 1956-57). In his first season with the Packers in 2022, Bisaccia helped Nixon become the first kick returner in franchise history to earn first-team AP All-Pro honors since the position was added in 1976. Nixon ranked No. 2 in the NFL in kickoff returns (28.8 avg.), the top single-season mark in team annals (min. 30 returns), and posted a league-high 1,009 yards on kickoff returns, just the third player in franchise history to lead the NFL in the category.
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