Report: Packers hire Mennenga to be special teams coach

The Green Bay Packers have hired Shawn Mennenga from the college ranks to be their new special teams coach, ESPN reported Thursday. Mennenga was the special teams coordinator for Vanderbilt last season after seven seasons as a special teams assistant on the Cleveland Browns' staff, including time under then head coach Mike Pettine, now the Packers defensive coordinator.

Mennenga would replace Ron Zook, let go by the Packers in the housecleaning that followed the termination of Mike McCarthy during the season. The Packers reportedly interviewed at least four other candidates for the position before landing on Mennenga to lead their woeful special teams, ranked last in 2018 in Dallas Morning News columnist Rick Gosselin's annual special teams rankings.

The Packers announced Wednesday that new head coach Matt LaFleur hired Alvis Whitted from Colorado State to be his new receivers coach. --Field Level Media