Rich Bisaccia’s future path comes to light following controversial departure from the Packers

Coach may be headed back to college football.

Wendell Ferreira — NFL News Writer
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Green Bay Packers assistant head coach and special teams coordinator Rich Bisaccia surveys practice on Friday, August 1, 2025, at Ray Nitschke Field in Ashwaubenon, Wis.
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After four years with the Green Bay Packers and a long trajectory in the NFL, Rich Bisaccia might be headed back to college football. According to journalist Gery Woelfel, Bisaccia is talking to Dabo Swinney about potentially joining Clemson in 2026.

David Hood from TigerNet confirmed that the hiring is expected to happen. Bisaccia would replace Will Gilchrist, who moved on to Samford, as the special teams coach. It’s a lateral move from the NFL to college for Bisaccia, which is rare but comes with much less pressure.

NFL stint

Rich Bisaccia had been in the NFL since 2002, working for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, San Diego Chargers, Dallas Cowboys, Las Vegas Raiders, and Green Bay Packers. He arrived in Green Bay back in 2022 as a special teams coordinator, and was promoted to add the assistant head coach title to his position a year later.

The Packers didn’t want to part ways with Bisaccia this offseason, but the coach himself requested to leave in order to pursue new opportunities.

“I wouldn’t say we were expecting it at all,” general manager Brian Gutekunst revealed at the NFL Scouting Combine. “It caught us by surprise, but I think there are some other opportunities he wanted to look at. Very appreciative for his run with us. I talked to you guys last time (about) how important to our culture he was, and I think he’s a fabulous football coach. It’s a big loss.”

Bisaccia’s most recent position in college football was as assistant head coach, running backs coach, and special teams coach at Ole Miss in 2000 and 2001.

New solution

Late last week, the Packers hired Cameron Achord as their new special teams coordinator. He had a four-year stint as the coordinator for the New England Patriots under Bill Belichick. Achord spent the past two seasons as an assistant special teams coach on the New York Giants.

The Packers will probably still hire an assistant special teams coach themselves, since Byron Storer left the organization to become the Cleveland Browns’ special teams coordinator. The staff has Cory Harkey as a special teams quality control coach.

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