Packers rising assistant gets impactful opportunity to prove he can play a bigger role in shaping the franchise future
Sean Mannion will be an offensive coordinator in the Shrine Bowl.
The Green Bay Packers found a coaching gem. Sean Mannion was hired as an offensive assistant in 2024, promoted to quarterbacks coach in 2025, and he’s already showing capabilities to rise in the profession fairly quickly.
On Thursday, it was announced that Mannion will be the offensive coordinator for the West Team in the 2026 East-West Shrine Bowl, one of the top all-star games for college players entering the draft process. Mannion will work behind head coach Lunda Wells, who’s the Dallas Cowboys tight ends coach.
Rising star
Sean Mannion played nine seasons as an NFL quarterback, and he was always perceived as a future coach due to his bright football mind. It’s not a coincidence that he’s already started climbing the coaching ladder in Green Bay.
“He’s got a bright future in this profession,” head coach Matt LaFleur said. “He attacks it the same way I knew he would when he was a player. Just extreme ownership of everything, puts in the time and goes above and beyond the call of duty, which is exactly what you want from your assistant coaches.”
This year, Mannion had a tough task. He had to replace veteran Tom Clements as the quarterbacks coach — Clements was one of the main responsible people to help develop guys like Aaron Rodgers, Kyler Murray, and Jordan Love.
And he did pretty well. Jordan Love had a career year in most metrics, and Malik Willis continued to show impressive signs of improvement when given the chance.
Each level of the coaching career brings new challenges, though. Being a successful position coach doesn’t always translate to being a successful coordinator, and the same applies to the transition to head coach. Ultimately, though, that’s why this opportunity in the Shrine Bowl is valuable — it’s a chance to operate in a different capacity and test his ability outside of the Packers’ environment.
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