The Green Bay Packers are promoting offensive assistant coach and former NFL quarterback Sean Mannion to quarterbacks coach, according to Rob Demovsky of ESPN.
Long-time quarterbacks coach Tom Clements is retiring from football following the 2024 season, which opened the position in Green Bay.
Mannion, 32, was added to the Packers coaching staff as a first-time assistant helping in the quarterback room ahead of the 2024 season.
When hiring Mannion last year, coach Matt LaFleur said he thought the veteran quarterback was excellent in the backup role as a player and had a “bright future” as a coach at the NFL level.
LaFleur picked Mannion over Connor Lewis, the assistant quarterbacks coach.
Mannion was a third-round pick out of Oregon State in 2015. He played nine seasons in the NFL, mostly as a backup. He appeared in 14 games and made three starts.
Interestingly enough, the Packers beat out the Chicago Bears to hire Mannion last year. He interviewed with the Bears but eventually agreed to join LaFleur and the Packers as an assistant. The Bears turned over their coaching staff following the 2024 season, and now Mannion has a promotion to quarterbacks coach in Green Bay.
The Packers also hired former Patriots defensive coordinator DeMarcus Covington as the new defensive line coach, so the major openings on LaFleur’s staff have now been filled.