Despite being on the golf course preparing for the Pebble Beach Pro-Am, Aaron Rodgers managed to make his typical Tuesday appearance on “The Pat McAfee Show.” As usual, a wide range of topics was discussed, but one that warranted a thoughtful response from Rodgers was when AJ Hawk asked him what makes someone a good coach.
Rodgers used the opportunity to endorse Green Bay’s special teams coordinator Rich Bisaccia as a deserving head coaching candidate.
“If anyone ever called me as a reference, one name that has been floating around out there, who I would give a ringing endorsement to, is Rich Bisaccia. I’m a tremendous, tremendous fan of his,” said Rodgers.
Bisaccia was hired last offseason by Matt LaFleur to revitalize a Packers’ special teams unit that had struggled for years. With two decades of coordinator experience, Bisaccia had spent the last four seasons with the Las Vegas Raiders. In 2021, he served as the interim head coach after the firing of Jon Gruden and led the Raiders to a 7-5 record and their first playoff appearance in four years.
However, Las Vegas did not make him the full-time head coach, instead giving the job to Josh McDaniels. That paved the way for Green Bay to make Bisaccia possibly the highest-paid special teams coordinator in the NFL.
In just one season, Rodgers said Bisaccia changed their special teams. The Packers improved drastically from the previous year, which saw them finish dead last in Rick Gosselin’s annual special teams rankings to jumping 10 spots to 22nd this season.
Rodgers went on to rave about Bisaccia’s coaching style, calling him the “prototypical leader” who would rather be respected than liked. The four-time MVP considers that personality trait as something that can be hard to find in today’s head coaching search.
“There’s not a lot of Rich Bisaccia types out there,” he said.
Obviously, Green Bay would like Bisaccia to remain on staff, but that may be out of their hands if he if the Indianapolis Colts hire him for their vacant head coach position. Rodgers believes Bisaccia is deserving after having a second interview on Monday.
