Just when you thought the Green Bay Packers could put their full focus on player personnel, the search is back on for another assistant coach, as the team announced on Tuesday that Rich Bisaccia has decided to step down as assistant head coach and special teams coordinator after four seasons in Titletown.
The 65-year-old, who joined the Packers ahead of the 2022 campaign after leading the Las Vegas Raiders to a playoff berth the season before as an interim head coach after Jon Gruden resigned, said all the things one would expect when announcing his own resignation, thanking the coaching staff, the front office, and the fans, also stating what an honor it was to coach in Green Bay.
And in turn, Packers head coach Matt LaFleur said all the things he was supposed to say.
"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."
What, did you actually expect LaFleur to discuss how Green Bay's special teams never really got better on Bisaccia's watch?
The Packers ranked 29th during the 2025 season in expected points added on special teams
Look, this isn't meant to be a knock on Bisaccia, who began his coaching career at the collegiate level in 1983 and has been coaching special teams in the NFL since 2002. He's well-respected around the league, and that's why LaFleur said the things he said, and I have no doubt he meant every word.
But the fact of the matter is that Green Bay has had its fair share of issues on special teams. It hasn't been all bad, of course, as Bisaccia helped Keisean Nixon to back-to-back First-Team All-Pro nods as a kick returner, and punter Daniel Whelan became the first Packer to lead the league in gross punting average since the 1970 AFL-NFL merger this past season at 51.7 yards per kick.
But if he gets credit for those things, he also has to take blame for Brandon McManus being the worst kicker in the league this past year, and Cheeseheads certainly haven't forgotten about the botched onside kick recovery (or non-recovery, that is) in the Packers' stunning Week 16 overtime loss to the Chicago Bears.
Expected Points Added (EPA) has become one of the more popular metrics over the last few years, and when looking at things from an overall standpoint in 2025, Green Bay ranked 29th in EPA on special teams. And taking all four years of Bisaccia's tenure into account, the Packers ranked 30th overall.
So, one now has to honestly wonder if Bisaccia genuinely stepped down on his own or if he was asked to do so. But again, LaFleur was never going to say any of that publicly.