ESPN’s Rob Demovsky is reporting that the Green Bay Packers have hired Cam Achord as their next special teams coordinator, following Rich Bisaccia’s February 17th resignation from his post. Based on reporting from Sports Illustrated’s Bill Huber, the Packers planned to interview seven candidates, one of whom (Matthew Smiley) elected to take a college football opportunity before Green Bay got their hands on him, and four of them made it to the second round of interviews, which were in-person.
Per Tom
Silverstein of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, the interview schedule featured one coordinator candidate coming in per day from Tuesday to Friday, with Achord, who ultimately got the job, being the final interview. Other known interview candidates for the job were Kyle Wilber (Saints assistant special teams coach, did not advance to the in-person second round), Colt Anderson (49ers assistant special teams coach, did not advance to the second round) Tom McMahon (free agent), Sam Sewell (Cardinals assistant special teams coach) and Devin Fitzsimmons (Seahawks assistant special teams coach).
Here is what we wrote up about Achord in our special teams coordinator interview tracker:
Seasons as special teams coordinator
- 2020: Patriots (1st in DVOA)
- 2021: Patriots (18th)
- 2022: Patriots (32nd)
- 2023: Patriots (28th)
Cameron Achord spent the last two years with the New York Giants as the team’s assistant special teams coach, but he wasn’t retained by new head coach John Harbaugh in 2026. Achord also served in the assistant special teams coach role for two seasons (2018 to 2019) to start his NFL career before being promoted to the special teams coordinator role in New England in 2020, when he replaced Joe Judge, who was hired to be the head coach of the Giants.
Achord’s career started off hot, as the Patriots were the top team in special teams DVOA in 2020, before they averaged the 26th finish over his last three years in New England, a rarity under head coach Bill Belichick. For what it’s worth, Bisaccia’s units averaged a 21st-place finish in his four years in Green Bay.
