It's familiar, safe, and honestly, a little boring, but the Packers have their new quarterbacks coach. According to Tom Pelissero, the Packers are naming Luke Getsy as their new quarterbacks coach. Getsy previously held the position from 2019 to 2021. After brief stints elsewhere, Getsy was with the Packers last season as a senior offensive assistant.
Luke Getsy is only 41 years old, but he has nearly 20 years of coaching experience. He has coached at both the college and NFL ranks, but almost half of his coaching career has happened in Green Bay. Getsy is currently in the midst of his third separate stint with the Packers’ organization. He was first hired by Mike McCarthy back in 2014. He was then hired again by Matt LaFleur in 2019 and 2024.
It’s been a busy offseason for LaFleur, with him having to assemble quite a few pieces for his coaching staff in 2026. It’s finally taking shape. The Packers were left searching for a new quarterbacks coach after Sean Mannion was hired to be the offensive coordinator for the Philadelphia Eagles. Matt LaFleur could’ve looked externally to fill the position, but he ultimately went with a familiar face.
The Packers are naming Luke Getsy their quarterbacks coach, sources say.
After offensive coordinator stints with Chicago and Las Vegas, Getsy returned to Green Bay last year as a senior assistant and now replaces Sean Mannion, who left for the Eagles OC job. pic.twitter.com/l62WnbWUwz
— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) February 11, 2026
Luke Getsy was a quarterback himself back in the early 2000s. He played the position at both the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Akron. Getsy helped the Zips to their first-ever bowl game and broke 24 school records over his two years there. Getsy’s successful career with the Zips landed him an opportunity to start his coaching career there as a graduate assistant.
Getsy’s first seven seasons of coaching involved a lot of bouncing around to different universities. Getsy made the jump to the NFL in 2014 when Mike McCarthy hired him as an offensive quality control coach for the Packers. He was later promoted to wide receivers coach in 2016. Getsy stayed in the position until 2018, when he landed an opportunity to become the offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach at Mississippi State. It was a strong opportunity for Getsy, although he wasn’t the offensive play caller. He only stayed in Starkville for one season.
Getsy returned to Green Bay in 2019 as the quarterbacks coach under Matt LaFleur. He added the title of passing game coordinator in 2020. Getsy helped Aaron Rodgers win MVP awards in both 2020 and 2021. He also helped develop Jordan Love in his earliest years in the league. It was a very successful stint with the Packers, and one that earned him an opportunity to be an NFL offensive coordinator.
Matt Eberflus hired Getsy to be the offensive coordinator of the Chicago Bears. Getsy was finally able to design his own offense and call plays, something he never had the opportunity to do in Green Bay or Starkville. Getsy served as the Bears’ offensive coordinator for two seasons, but a lack of offensive success led to his firing. Eberflus stated that the "growth and the development of the offense...needed to be better than where it was."
Despite two ugly years in Chicago, Getsy landed on his feet. He was hired to be the offensive coordinator of the Las Vegas Raiders, although he didn’t even last a full season. He was fired after a 2-7 start. It was the second time he was fired in the same calendar year. Matt LaFleur didn’t waste any time bringing Getsy back to Green Bay, hiring him for the remainder of the 2024 season to be a part-time defensive consultant. This marked the start of his third stint with the team.
Luke Getsy isn't the most exciting or encouraging hire, and part of that is because of two failed stints as an offensive coordinator. To put it lightly, neither his experience with the Bears or Raiders went very well. His offenses struggled in every facet, but looking back, it’s easy to understand why.
The Bears’ offense in Getsy’s first season was amongst the worst in the league. They ranked dead last in pass EPA/play (-0.23) and passing yards (2,219). They were also 30th in completion percentage (59.94%), 26th in passer rating (80.3), and 22nd in interceptions thrown (15). Chicago’s offense couldn’t do much of anything through the air, and the quarterback play was putrid.
The Bears’ offense in 2023 was a bit better, but it still was near the bottom of the league. Getsy designed the offense and called the plays, so ultimately all of the team’s offensive successes and failures fell on him. That said, it’s hard to blame Getsy entirely. The quarterbacks who started for Getsy over his two seasons in Chicago were Justin Fields, Trevor Siemian, Nathan Peterman, and Tyson Bagent. Yikes.
Getsy’s second opportunity to run an NFL offense wasn’t much better. The Raiders were 27th in yards per game, 24th in pass EPA per play, and 28th in passing touchdowns. Getsy was fired mid-season after the Raiders started 2-7, but the Raiders didn’t get any better after Getsy’s firing. Getsy’s offense in Las Vegas wasn’t good, but his quarterbacks were Gardner Minshew II and Aidan O’Connell. That marks three straight seasons of atrocious quarterback options.
Getsy ultimately failed as an offensive coordinator, but it’s hard to blame him for failing. The quarterback position is the most important position on the field, and he didn’t have one. Not even the best offensive minds would have offensive success with that brutal group of quarterbacks starting games for him. Now he won’t have to call the offense; he just has to help guide the quarterback's play. The last time Getsy worked closely with a competent quarterback, the quarterback won back-to-back MVP awards.
With Sean Mannion leaving, we asked #Packers QB Jordan Love if he wants any say on who his next QB coach will be… pic.twitter.com/0JrfFGM9Da
— CheeseheadTV 🧀 (@cheeseheadtv) February 5, 2026
Matt LaFleur had an opportunity to add a new, outside voice to the offensive staff. Instead, he went the safe route and hired a very familiar face - one who Jordan Love has worked with before. Getsy was Love’s quarterback coach in both 2020 and 2021, Love’s first two years in the NFL.
“Getsy’s a guy who’s in the quarterback room with us every day. He’s done a great job just helping out,” Love said late last season. “He helps Matt out a lot with game planning and things like that. I’ve got a lot of love for Getsy; he was my quarterback coach my first couple years here in the league. We’ve got a great relationship.”
Jordan Love revealed that he wanted to have some input in who the new quarterbacks coach was going to be, and understandably so. “We’ve had some discussions,” Love shared earlier this offseason. “I’d love to have input on who's coming into the quarterback room. I know we’ll do a great job of bringing in somebody who will do a great job coaching us.” It’s unknown how much input Love had on the hire, but based on how he’s spoken about Getsy in the past, he certainly approves.
Getsy was also highly respected by former quarterback Aaron Rodgers, who called his former quarterbacks coach “a close friend and a guy who was a confidante.” Rodgers has been known to speak highly of his friends, but he also has a history of making it known when he doesn’t like someone. Rodgers clearly likes Getsy and thinks incredibly highly of him as a coach.
“He’s just a great human being. He’s a great father, husband, phenomenal coach,” Rodgers said. “I loved our constant dialogue during the week, loved being coached by him and just kind of watching his development — go from kind of a quality control guy all the way up to offensive coordinator…The next stop for him is probably head coach.” A head coaching gig isn’t in Getsy’s near future. The Packers are just hoping he can continue to add a lot to their quarterback room and help Jordan Love reach the same peak he helped Aaron Rodgers reach.