CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Former Green Bay Packers special teams coordinator Rich Bisaccia will assume the same role at Clemson.
Clemson coach Dabo Swinney announced Bisaccia as his new special teams coordinator on Wednesday after the board’s compensation committee finalized the hire.
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This isn’t Bisaccia’s first tenure at Clemson. He worked there from 1994-98 as the Tigers’ running backs and special teams coach.
“I am truly grateful for the opportunity to work with the young men of the Clemson football program and to be part of a large staff,” Bisaccia said in a statement released by the university. “After I decided to move in a new direction, Coach Swinney offered me the opportunity to return to a place that has special meaning to me and my family. I am excited to return to the Clemson community and serve this program in the best way I can.”
The Packers announced on Feb. 17 that Bisaccia was resigning after serving as special teams coordinator for the past four seasons. Pizzeria, 65, duly said he made the decision “after taking some time to reflect over the past few weeks.”
Green Bay has since hired new special teams coordinator Cam Achord to replace Bisaccia. Cam Achoad spent the past two seasons as the New York Giants assistant special teams coach after serving as New England’s special teams coordinator from 2020-23.
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Bisaccia joins Packers head coach Matt LaFleur’s staff after serving as Las Vegas’ interim head coach in 2021, posting a 7-6 record and helping the Raiders reach the playoffs that season. Bisaccia added the title of assistant head coach in March 2023.
He also served as special teams coordinator for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2002-10), San Diego Chargers (2011-12), Dallas Cowboys (2013-17) and Raiders (2018-21).
Bisaccia’s college experience includes stints as an assistant coach at Wayne State (1983-87), the University of South Carolina (1985-93), the University of Mississippi (1999-2001) and Clemson.
“I’ve known him over the years and we’ve actually discussed the possibility of him joining our staff multiple times,” Swinney said in a statement. “From a timing perspective, or because of the way the rules are set up in college, it was never going to work out. But with the rules changing to allow everyone to coach on the field, and where he is in his career, he really wants to end up at Clemson. I’m very excited, and this works out well for us as well, because this is the best special teams coach the NFL has had in a long time.”
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Bisaccia replaces Will Gilchrist, now an assistant coach at Samford.
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