While the Green Bay Packers added to their defensive coaching staff last week, naming Jeff Hafley as the team’s defensive coordinator, they also added to their offensive coaching staff. Sean Mannion, who played quarterback for nine years in the NFL for three different teams, including the Minnesota Vikings, and was signed to the Seattle Seahawks’ practice squad late in the 2023 season, is joining the Packers to work with the quarterbacks and the passing game, according to ESPN.com’s Brady Henderson. 

Henderson did not report Mannion’s exact title. Matt LaFleur's offensive staff already has a passing game coordinator, Jason Vrable, and a quarterbacks coach, Tom Clements. Many wondered on X, formerly known as Twitter, whether the addition of Mannion meant that Clements, who turns 71 in June, would not be back with the team in 2024. Rest assured, Clements will return for another season, as reported by Tom Silverstein of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

It is possible that Mannion takes the senior analyst position claimed by Tim Lester, who recently departed Green Bay to take the offensive coordinator job with the Iowa Hawkeyes. Regardless of his exact title, Love and second-year quarterback Sean Clifford should benefit from the teachings and presence of Mannion, who has been lauded by many due to “his intelligence and understanding of the game.” 

Coaching also runs in the Mannion family. His father, John, began coaching high school football in 1988 and stepped away from his head coaching position at Mountainside High School (OR) last January due to health concerns. He started the football program at Mountainside in 2018 and went 29-20. Prior to Mountainside, he went 57-20 at Silverton High School (OR) in seven seasons and previously coached in California. 

In other Green Bay coaching news, Silverstein reported that every single member of the team’s defensive coaching staff from the 2023 season “have been given permission to apply for other jobs after the team hired Jeff Hafley as its new defensive coordinator Wednesday.” And we know one staffer in particular who will not return, according to The Athletic's Matt Schneidman: Jerry Montgomery, the team's run game coordinator and defensive line coach.