The Green Bay Packers have rounded out their new coaching staff.
The team fired longtime head coach Mike McCarthy on December 2nd, after an embarrassing 20-17 loss to the lowly Arizona Cardinals at Lambeau Field. The Packers missed the playoffs for the second consecutive season, too, finishing 2018 with a record of 6-9-1 despite Aaron Rodgers playing in every game but the regular season finale.
Needless to say, wholesale changes were needed to reinvigorate Green Bay, and the front office responded by bringing in one of the youngest coaching staffs in the NFL – a dynamic Matt LaFleur believes will be one of his team's strengths.
“I think we're going to bring a lot of energy every day,” the Packers' new head coach said of he and his staff on Monday, per Ryan Wood of the Green Bay Press-Gazette. “And I think we're going to be able to reach and connect with our players.”
LaFleur, 39, was hired to replace McCarthy on January 8 after spending the 2018 season as offensive coordinator for the Tennessee Titans. He was previously with the Los Angeles Rams and Atlanta Falcons, where he received widespread credit for the rapid development of Jared Goff and the 2016 MVP campaign of Matt Ryan.
On January 14th, the Packers announced the hiring of 39-year-old Nathaniel Hackett as offensive coordinator. Fellow outside hires quarterbacks coach Luke Getsy, tight ends coach Justin Outten, wide receivers coach Alvis Whitted, and outside linebackers coach Mike Smith are also young for NFL coaches.
Defensive coordinator Mike Pettine, meanwhile, is 52 and has NFL experience as a defensive play-caller dating back to 2009.
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