The Inexperienced Bay Packers are hiring Boston Faculty head coach Jeff Hafley as their new defensive coordinator, ESPN’s Pete Thamel reported and Sports activities Illustrated’s Albert Breer confirmed.
Hafley has been the top coach for Boston Faculty since 2020, accumulating a 22-26 document in 4 seasons, together with a 1-1 document in bowl video games. He beforehand spent one season because the defensive coordinator at Ohio State, however spent 2013-2018 as a defensive backs coach within the NFL for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Cleveland Browns and San Francisco 49ers.
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Hafley’s alternative comes amongst uncertainty in faculty soccer, and in accordance Thamel, Hafley desires to focus extra on soccer and fewer on “fundraising, NIL and recruiting.”
The Packers tapped Hafley to switch Joe Barry, who was fired after three seasons because the workforce’s defensive coordinator. Whereas Hafley was with the 49ers, he labored underneath then-defensive coordinator Robert Saleh, who’s shut mates with Packers head coach Matt LaFleur.
Hafley is the third faculty soccer head coach to depart his job for an assistant place elsewhere, becoming a member of former South Alabama head coach Kane Wommack and former Buffalo head coach Maurice Linguist.
