Rich Bisaccia should be a head coach somewhere

The Green Bay Packers knew they had to address their special teams woes this offseason if they wanted to field a complete team. Head coach Matt LaFleur went out and recruited former Raiders special teams coordinator and Interim Head Coach Rich Bisaccia. Bisaccia agreed to be the Packers new special teams coordinator. The New York native has coached football across five different decades and has been coaching in the NFL for the last two decades. On Wednesday, LaFleur spoke on the importance of Bisaccia to the team. "He brings an edge to us. There's no doubt... He's been doing it at a really high level for a really long time... He's got a lot of experience... I can't believe this guy is not a head coach somewhere." 

Bisaccia, 62, started coaching at Wayne State back in 1983 and bounced around to schools like South Carolina, Clemson and Ole Miss. He joined the NFL in 2002 with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (won Super Bowl XXXVII) and went on to coach for the Chargers, Cowboys, Raiders and is now in Green Bay. He has spent the majority of his career coaching special teams but also has experience as an assistant while coaching positions on offense and defense. He has certainly been around the block and got his first chance at holding the role of head coach with Las Vegas in 2021. He helped guide them to their first playoff appearance since 2016. 

It is mind-boggling that the Super Bowl winner has never been named a full-time head coach before. He has more experience than most and has the attitude coaches and players want on their team. Regardless, he will be tasked with taking the special-teams unit of the Green Bay Packers to a much better place than it has been each of the last few years. With the additions of former Raiders players in Keisean Nixon and Dallin Leavitt, along with experienced cold-weather punter Pat O'Donnell, Bisaccia will have a lot of pieces to work with in that unit. The longtime coach is not one to bet against if his career portfolio is any indication.