Packers special teams coordinator interview tracker
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - OCTOBER 04: Linebacker Kyle Wilber #58 of the Las Vegas Raiders walks off the field after the team's 30-23 loss to the Buffalo Bills during the NFL game at Allegiant Stadium on October 4, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images) | Getty ImagesThe Green Bay Packers are up to four scheduled interviews for Rich Bisaccia's replacement, after Bisaccia stepped down as special teams coordinator on February 17th. It's time to start the interview tracker and take a look at the names that head coach Matt LaFleur is bringing in to lead the kicking game.
All of these interviews have been reported by Sports Illustrated's Bill Huber, unless otherwise noted.
Cameron Achord (free agent)Seasons as special teams coordinator- 2020: Patriots (1st in DVOA)
- 2021: Patriots (18th)
- 2022: Patriots (32nd)
- 2023: Patriots (28th)
Cameron Achord spent the last two years with the New York Giants as the team's assistant special teams coach, but he wasn't retained by new head coach John Harbaugh in 2026. Achord also served in the assistant special teams coach role for two seasons (2018 to 2019) to start his NFL career before being promoted to the special teams coordinator role in New England in 2020, when he replaced Joe Judge, who was hired to be the head coach of the Giants.
Achord's career started off hot, as the Patriots were the top team in special teams DVOA in 2020, before they averaged the 26th finish over his last three years in New England, a rarity under head coach Bill Belichick. For what it's worth, Bisaccia's units averaged a 21st-place finish in his four years in Green Bay.
Kyle Wilber (Saints assistant special teams coach)Seasons as special teams coordinator- None
LaFleur seems to still be interested in the Bisaccia coaching tree, as Kyle Wilber is one of his disciples. After playing for Bisaccia for nine seasons (in his ten-year NFL career) over two stops, Wilber joined the Packers as their special teams quality control coach (the third-ranked position in Green Bay's special teams room) in 2023. In 2025, he received a promotion with the New Orleans Saints, where he was the number two to Phil Galiano. Wilber had no prior coaching experience before Bisaccia hired him to the entry-level role.
With Bisaccia gone and his number two taking the Cleveland Browns' job a week before Bisaccia stepped down, the Packers' opportunities to tap into the Bisaccia tree are either Wilber or Green Bay's current quality control coach Cory Harkey.
Update: Wilber did not advance to the second round of interviews.
- 2022: Bills (1st)
- 2023: Bills (15th)
- 2024: Bills (28th)
Like Achord, Matthew Smiley's story can be best described as a hot start before his units began slipping downhill. Before his three-year stint as a coordinator in Buffalo, Smiley was the assistant special teams coach in Jacksonville (2013 to 2016) and Buffalo (2017 to 2021).
He has not coached since the end of the 2024 season, as he wasn't on a team in 2025 and has not signed with a club in 2026, either.
For what it's worth, Harkey, the Packers' number three guy under Bisaccia in 2025, was Smiley's number two when Smiley was in the coordinator role with Buffalo.
Update: Smiley did not wait for Green Bay and has taken the special teams coordinator job at the University of South Carolina.
Tom McMahon (free agent)Seasons as special teams coordinator- 2009-2011: Rams (NA)
- 2012: Chiefs (NA)
- 2013-2017: Colts (NA)
- 2018: Broncos (31st)
- 2019: Broncos (24th)
- 2020: Broncos (24th)
- 2021: Broncos (30th)
- 2022: Raiders (12th)
- 2023: Raiders (13th)
- 2024: Raiders (17th)
- 2025: Raiders (28th)
FTN's DVOA rankings only date back to the 2018 season, so we don't have data on Tom McMahon's units with the Rams, Chiefs and Colts, but he does have 17 years of special teams coordinator experience in the NFL.
McMahon's units in Denver were poor, with a 27.25 average, but he was solid in his first three years in Las Vegas as Bisaccia's replacement (average placement of 14th) before the gears really slipped in 2025. McMahon was fired in November by Pete Carroll, the third head coach he served under after Josh McDaniels and Antonio Pierce. He has not taken a job for the 2026 season.
Update: McMahon did not advance to the second round of interviews.
Sam Sewell (Cardinals assistant special teams coach)Seasons as special teams coordinator- None
Sam Sewell was hired to be the Arizona Cardinals' assistant special teams coach under Packers defensive coordinator Jonathan Gannon, when Gannon was the team's head coach. Before then, Sewell coached for eight years in college football with a special teams background.
When Gannon was let go, Jeff Rodgers, who is well respected in the league and has been a coordinator since 2010, was allowed to leave for the Buffalo Bills. Mike LaFleur, Matt's brother, hired Michael Ghobrial to lead his special teams unit post-Rodgers, but retained Sewell as the number two in the unit.
During Sewell's time with Arizona, the special teams finished 11th, 18th and 30th in special teams DVOA.
Devin Fitzsimmons (Seahawks assistant special teams coach)Seasons as special teams coordinator- None
Devin Fitzsimmons is coming off his second season as the Seattle Seahawks' assistant special teams coach under Jay Harbaugh. Last year, the Seahawks' special teams unit finished second in the league in special teams DVOA behind the New York Jets.
Prior to his time in Seattle, Fitzimmons had stops with the Carolina Panthers (2023), Arizona Cardinals (2021-2022) and Detroit Lions (2014-2018) in the number two role. While he hasn't led a special teams unit at the NFL level, Fitzsimmons has been a special teams coordinator at the college level twice: at Vanderbilt (2019 to 2020) and Delaware (2013).
The former receiver was actually Vanderbilt's replacement for Shawn Mennenga, who left his post there to become the Packers' special teams coordinator from 2019 to 2020.
While Fitzsimmons didn't work for Gannon in Arizona, Fitzsimmons did spend two years under special teams coordinator Jeff Rodgers (who was quickly hired by the Buffalo Bills this offseason) before Gannon. Rodgers was retained by Gannon's Cardinals, while Fitzsimmons wasn't.
Colt Anderson (49ers assistant special teams coach)Seasons as special teams coordinator- 2024: Titans (32nd)
The San Francisco 49ers were solid in special teams this year, but Colt Anderson's lone season as a special teams coordinator (2024 with the Tennessee Titans) saw his unit finish last in the league in special teams DVOA. Prior to his stint with the Titans, he was the assistant special teams coach with the Cincinnati Bengals (2020 to 2023).
He's a former NFL safety who mostly played on special teams, not safety. Over 84 career NFL games, he made just seven starts on defense.
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Sports Illustrated's Bill Huber is now reporting that LaFleur is conducting in-person second interviews this week." At the combine, general manager Brian Gutekunst stated that he believes a hire for the position will happen in the near future, as Green Bay needs to fill the role quickly so the coordinator can execute his offseason duties, which would presumably include cross-checking potential free agents and draft choices - on top of being involved in meetings about planning for the 2026 season.
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It looks like all of the available interview candidates, besides Kyle Wilbur and Tom McMahon, advanced to in-person interviews, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's Tom Silverstein. Per Silverstein, here's how the second round of interviews is scheduled:
- Devin Fitzsimmons, Tuesday
- Colt Anderson, Wednesday
- Sam Sewell, Thursday
- Cam Achord, Friday