The Green Bay Packers won’t be among the host of NFL teams looking for a new coach in 2026.
The team on Saturday agreed to a multiyear contract extension with head coach Matt LaFleur, NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero and ESPN’s Rob Demovsky reported.
Extensions for general manager Brian Gutekunst and executive vice president/director of football operations Russ Ball are also in the works, per Demovsky.
LaFleur’s future with the team was a great source of speculation toward the tail end of the coach’s seventh season at the helm. The Packers began this year 9-3-1 but lost their final four games of the regular season, with All-Pro pass rusher Micah Parsons suffering a torn anterior cruciate ligament in mid-December. Green Bay then squandered a 21-6 fourth-quarter lead over the rival Chicago Bears in a wild-card defeat.
LaFleur did not receive an extension last summer from new Packers president and CEO Ed Policy, leaving 2026 as the last year on the coach’s deal.
Now, LaFleur will be back without any questions about his long-term standing.
‘I mean, this is one of one. I love this place. I love the people,’ LaFleur said after the season. ‘I love our players, our locker room, everybody in our organization. This is a unique place. The community has been outstanding.’
Several players, including Parsons and quarterback Jordan Love, were outspoken in their support of LaFleur in the immediate aftermath of the loss.
‘I reached out to him when I started seeing this, and I said, ‘Man, when I agreed to come here, you were part of the reason why I came here, I want you a part of this and I love you and I think you’re a great coach,” Parsons said. ‘And he appreciated those words, and we had a brief conversation, but Matt, I think he’s a great guy and I just think he cares so much, like he cares so much about the players.’
LaFleur is 76-40-1 in the regular season in his career.
