Matt LaFleur Gives Assumed Reason For Rich Bisaccia’s Departure

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After another season that did not live up to expectations, both in general and in his specific unit, Green Bay Packers special teams coordinator Rich Bisaccia decided to leave his role in the organization well after the season ended.

The timing of the decision – as most open ST coordinator positions had already had their vacancies filled with exciting young coaching prospects – as well as the multiple calls for his jobs at the culmination of the season had some believing that his “resignation” may have been forced.

However, Packers head coach Matt LaFleur gave a different reason behind Bisaccia’s rather abrupt departure on February 17 whilst speaking to the media on Monday, per The Athletic’s Matt Schneidman.

Matt LaFleur says after Rich Bisaccia stepped down, Bisaccia gave him a list of names for next special teams coordinator and Cam Achord was on that list. LaFleur hasnât had a direct convo with Bisaccia about why he left, but assumed he wanted to be closer to family.

— Matt Schneidman (@mattschneidman) March 30, 2026

LaFleur Believes Bisaccia Left to Be Closer to Family

“Matt LaFleur says after Rich Bisaccia stepped down, Bisaccia gave him a list of names for next special teams coordinator and Cam Achord was on that list. LaFleur hasnât had a direct convo with Bisaccia about why he left, but assumed he wanted to be closer to family.” Schneidman posted on X.

Bisaccia presided over Green Bay’s special teams unit from 2022 to 2025. Coming in straight after his somewhat successful spell as interim head coach of the Las Vegas Raiders, Packers fans had a lot of excitement about his potential to turn around a unit that has been consistently poor – over the span of multiple coordinators – for over a decade.

However, for the most part this was not the case. Bisaccia did bring with him former undrafted free agent corner/special teamer Keisean Nixon, and helped him achieve All-Pro honors as an elite returner in his first two years with the franchise. But aside from that, the unit did not appear to demonstrate a whole lot of improvement.

Packers’ Special Teams Did Not Improve Much Under Bisaccia

Per the Packers on Sports Illustrated’s rankings; although Green Bay has ranked higher than the prior year in both 2024 and 2025, this is still ultimately a departure from Bisaccia’s first year with the team.

“In the 2025Â Packers On SI NFL special teams rankings, Green Bay finished 20th. That came on the heels of finishing 22nd in 2024, 27th in 2023 and 17th in 2022. That means Green Bay never fielded even a slightly above-average unit under Bisaccia.” Bill Huber wrote back in February.

In the Rick Gosselin’s 2022 and 2023 rankings, which were ultimately stopped after that year and amalgamated into Huber’s one, the Packers’ special teams units were ranked even lower, coming in at 22nd in 2022 and 29th in 2023.

Suffice to say, Bisaccia did not manage to create a strong Packers unit on teams in any of his four seasons with the franchise.

One cannot infer much beyond LaFleur’s words as to why the former Raiders coach left Green Bay. Perhaps there was some front office pressure for Bisaccia to leave, but until any more information comes out, we cannot know for certain.

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