Green Bay Packers Applies For Defensive Coordinator Job, Gets Epic Response From Team President Mark Murphy.

The Green Bay Packers parted ways with defensive coordinator Joe Barry at the conclusion of the 2023 season.

For a while, the Packers brass was conducting a thorough interview of potential candidates to replace Barry, before the team locked down former Boston College head coach Jeff Hafley last week.

The Packers announced Wednesday night that Hafley will take over for Barry, who was fired last week after three seasons as Green Bay’s defensive coordinator. Hafley went 22-26 at Boston College in four seasons, including a 7-6 mark this past season with a Fenway Bowl victory over SMU.

“I loved my four years at Boston College,” Hafley said in a statement released by the school. “This is an exceptional place to coach given the caliber of student-athletes we recruit, the facilities and the support from the University and BC fans. I will miss the players who gave so much of themselves these past four years, and my wife Gina and I will certainly miss the BC community and the many friends we have made here.

The 44-year-old Hafley becomes the latest college head coach to leave for a role as an assistant after Maurice Linguist departed from Buffalo and Kane Wommack exited South Alabama to join new Alabama coach Kalen DeBoer’s staff.

His move also re-opens the coaching carousel, giving Boston College the only vacancy of any Football Bowl Subdivision program.

Hafley had worked as an NFL secondary coach with Tampa Bay (2012-13), Cleveland (2014-15) and San Francisco (2016-18) before becoming Ohio State’s co-defensive coordinator and secondary coach in 2019.

“Jeff has had success at every stop of his coaching career with an impressive track record of developing players at every level,” Green Bay Packers coach Matt LaFleur said in a statement announcing the hire. “We look forward to him leading our defense.