GREEN BAY, WIS. — The bleeding has finally stopped in Titletown. After a disastrous 2025 season that ended with a catastrophic blown lead to the Chicago Bears in the Wild Card round, Green Bay Packers assistant head coach and special teams coordinator Rich Bisaccia has officially stepped down. Head coach Matt LaFleur confirmed the 65-year-old veteran’s resignation on Tuesday, February 17, ending a turbulent four-year run.
A Bitter End to a Bumpy Run
Fans begged for a change, and Tuesday delivered. Bisaccia arrived in 2022 with a sterling reputation, tasked with fixing a historically cursed Packers special teams unit. Instead, the problems mutated. The recent Wild Card nightmare laid the dysfunction bare. The frigid Wisconsin air didn’t cool the boiling frustration inside the stadium; you could physically feel the collective groan from the stands the moment kicker Brandon McManus hooked his second field goal wide right.
McManus missed two crucial field goals and shanked an extra point in that game, completely deflating Green Bay’s momentum and allowing Chicago to erase a 15-point fourth-quarter deficit. Despite a bright spot from punter Daniel Whelan, who led the NFL with a 51.7-yard gross average, the overall coverage and kicking units hemorrhaged hidden yardage week after week. The Packers finished the 2025 season ranked a dismal 21st in special teams DVOA. Bisaccia simply ran out of answers.
“While we are disappointed to lose a person and coach as valuable as Rich, we respect his decision to step down from the Packers. 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.”
— Matt LaFleur, Green Bay Packers Head Coach
The sentiment from the front office remains respectful, but the online reaction tells a different story. Fans flooded social media platforms celebrating the exit, treating the news like a Super Bowl victory. The sheer relief radiating from the Packers faithful highlights exactly how strained the relationship had become between the fanbase and the special teams staff.
What’s Next for Green Bay
Green Bay enters the late stages of the offseason hiring cycle severely handicapped. Top internal candidates already bolted—assistant Byron Storer left for the Cleveland Browns just weeks ago. The Packers face a brutal reality: they must build a competent special teams staff from scraps while the rest of the NFC North reloads.
LaFleur sits directly on the hot seat regarding this next hire. If Green Bay wants to capitalize on their dynamic offense and fierce defense in 2026, they need a special teams architect who can stop the self-inflicted wounds. Promoting from within feels highly risky. The front office must aggressively target external veteran minds like Ben Kotwica or swing for the fences with a fresh collegiate hire to rebuild this broken unit from the ground up.
