Packers hiring Cam Achord as new special teams coordinator

The Green Bay Packers are hiring Cam Achord as their new special teams coordinator, the team announced Friday. Achord was most recently the New York Giants assistant special teams coach before John Harbaugh revamped the Giants’ staff.

The 39-year-old Achord replaces Rich Bisaccia, who surprised the Packers by stepping down as Green Bay’s assistant head coach and special teams coordinator earlier this month. Bisaccia, 65, had led the Packers’ special teams from 2022 to 2025. Achord was the New England Patriots’ special teams coordinator from 2020 to 2023 before coaching with the Giants for two seasons.

The Packers ranked 30th in special teams EPA over Bisaccia’s four seasons, according to TruMedia, and 29th last season. During Achord’s four seasons as Patriots special teams coordinator, New England ranked ninth. Over his two seasons with the Giants, they ranked 15th. Achord beat out several reported candidates for the job, including Seattle Seahawks assistant special teams coach Devin Fitzsimmons, Arizona Cardinals assistant special teams coach Sam Sewell, former Las Vegas Raiders special teams coordinator Tom McMahon and former Packers special teams assistant and current New Orleans Saints special teams assistant Kyle Wilber. Byron Storer, an assistant under Bisaccia in Green Bay, was recently hired as the Cleveland Browns’ special teams coordinator.

The Packers have long been mired in special teams deficiencies. Last season, they were stout on kickoff and punt coverage but struggled in the return and kicking games. Among the questions facing Achord are how to revitalize those return units and who will kick for the Packers in 2026, since general manager Brian Gutekunst said earlier this week at the NFL Scouting Combine that there will be a competition involving veteran Brandon McManus this offseason and preseason. Achord is now head coach Matt LaFleur’s fourth special teams coordinator in eight seasons, following Shawn Mennenga, Maurice Drayton and Bisaccia.