If you’re trying to keep track at home, here are all of the Packers’ defensive coaches from 2025 who haven’t left in 2026:
Only Covington, at least for now, remains in an on-field role for Green Bay. Oghobaase was one of two former Boston College coaches, along with Duggan, whom Hafley brought to the Packers. Hackett, a former Green Bay offensive coordinator, is reportedly reverse-engineering schemes for the defense while in a buyout year.
It looks like Gannon wants his own guys in the building, but it is interesting that the coaches the Packers are losing — which, to be fair, are mostly going to Hafley — haven’t been reported to be fired. A staff changeover without needing to get into the buyout world might have been the best option for the 2026 Packers. Sometimes assistant coaches and the organization just agree to mutually part ways without buyout money needing to exchange hands, like when offensive line coach James Campen was still under contract with the Packers and was allowed to leave for the Cleveland Browns in 2019.
When Gannon was in Philadelphia as a defensive coordinator, he had just one on-field coach for every level of the defense: the defensive line, linebackers and the secondary. In Arizona, as a head coach, he had five defensive on-field coaches (beyond the defensive coordinator): a defensive line coach, a 3-4 outside linebackers coach, a 3-4 inside linebackers coach and two defensive backs coaches.
