Report: Green Bay Packers to reunite with former offensive assistant
Tom Clements is heading back to Green Bay.
The Packers are hiring Clements to become their new quarterbacks coach, according to Pro Football Network’s Aaron Wilson. He previously worked for the Packers in the role from 2006-11 before moving up to offensive coordinator from 2012-14 and assistant head coach from 2015-16.
Clements is taking over for Luke Getsy, who left Green Bay to become the Chicago Bears’ offensive coordinator under Matt Eberflus. The Packers are seeing plenty of turnover on the coaching staff, including at offensive coordinator. Nathaniel Hackett left for Denver to become the Broncos head coach, and offensive line coach Adam Stenavich moved up to replace him.
After leaving Green Bay in 2016, he took a break from coaching before taking over as the Arizona Cardinals’ passing game coordinator and quarterbacks coach from 2019-20. Now, he’s heading back to Green Bay, where he’ll reunite with Aaron Rodgers. At least, Packers fans hope he will.
Rodgers still hasn’t made a decision about his future in football. He famously held out last offseason and many wondered if he’d play another game in a Packers uniform. He did, and ended up winning his fourth MVP award in 2021. Bringing Clements back could be part of Green Bay’s plan to keep him in town, especially considering they worked together for most of Rodgers’ career.
Green Bay Packers announce hiring of new assistant coach, former Aaron Rodgers teammate
The Green Bay Packers have hired Byron Storer as their assistant special teams coach, they announced Tuesday. He will work under special teams coordinator Rich Bisaccia.
Storer is entering his ninth season in the NFL and his eighth coaching special teams. He spent the past four seasons with the Las Vegas Raiders, where punter AJ Cole earned a Pro Bowl appearance this year. Kicker Daniel Carlson set franchise records for both field goal percentage (94.3%) and points scored (150) under Storer in 2020.
Prior to joining the Raiders, Storer was a coach for the San Diego Chargers. He started as a special teams assistant in 2012 but moved to linebackers assistant in 2013. Before that he was an assistant for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, where he also played from 2007-09 as a fullback.
An alumnus of the California Golden Bears, he was named second team All-Pac-10 special teams in 2006.
Green Bay’s special teams unit could certainly use some help. The Packers finished last in the NFL this past season according to Sports Illustrated’s Rick Gosselin. They were worst in the league in both punt coverage and kickoff starting point, while ranking 31st in field goal percentage and 30th in kick return average. Kicker Mason Crosby finished the year 25-for-34 on his field goal attempts, including three misses against Cincinnati in Week 5.