The Green Bay Packers will add a veteran NFL quarterback and familiar face to Matt LaFleur’s coaching staff on offense. According to Brady Henderson of ESPN, LaFleur and the Packers are hiring 9-year NFL veteran Sean Mannion as an assistant coach who will work with quarterbacks and the passing game.
It’s unclear what Mannion’s addition means for quarterbacks coach Tom Clements.
Per Henderson, Mannion’s “intelligence and understanding of the game” made him a likely coaching candidate following his playing career. He’ll get his start in Green Bay, where he’ll get a chance to work with Jordan Love and Sean Clifford in 2024.
Mannion has a clear connection with Green Bay: He was a backup quarterback in Los Angeles for LaFleur — then the offensive coordinator — during the 2017 season. He also spent the 2022 offseason with former Rams offensive coordinator Kevin O’Connell in Minnesota.
Mannion, a third-round pick in 2015, appeared in 14 NFL games and made three starts while with the Rams and Minnesota Vikings. He finished last season on the practice squad of the Seattle Seahawks. Mannion’s final NFL appearance in a regular season game was a start against the Packers at Lambeau Field late in the 2021 season — Green Bay won 37-10.
The Packers’ current quarterbacks coaches are Clements, who could be contemplating retirement, and assistant Connor Lewis.
