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Feb 8, 2021 9:44 AM
Green Bay Packers Head Coach has made a choice for his new Defensive Coordinator and it’s 50 year old Joe Barry.
Actually, it’s LaFleur’s second choice as he initially offered the job to 39 year old Jim Leonard, the Defensive Coordinator of the University of Wisconsin Badgers but Leonard turned down the offer following a pair of interviews to return to Madison where he has produced one of the top collegiate defenses in the nation over the past four years.
So it is Barry who will succeed Mike Pettine who’s contract was not renewed after a three year run in Green Bay under both Mike McCarthy and Lafluer for his first two years on the job. Barry and LaFleur were together on Sean McVay’s first coaching staff with the Los Angeles Rams in 2017 when LaFleur was the offensive coordinator and Barry was the assistant Head Coach in charge on linebackers.