The Green Bay Packers face a significant coaching turnover on defense after two more assistants departed this week. Defensive passing game coordinator Derrick Ansley and defensive quality control coach Wendel Davis are both leaving the organization, accelerating an offseason of staff turnover.
Ansley’s exit follows the franchise’s hiring of Bobby Babich into the same role, a move that made Ansley’s return unlikely. Ansley had been a key voice in the secondary room since joining the staff and brought experience as a former NFL defensive coordinator. His departure reduces institutional continuity and removes a coach familiar with recent schematic work.
Wendel Davis is heading to the Miami Dolphins to join Jeff Hafley’s new staff, marking the third on-field assistant who has followed Hafley out of Green Bay. Davis had been a steady presence in quality control, responsible for game charting, opponent study and practice detail. Those behind-the-scenes functions will need rapid reassignment to maintain offseason preparation schedules.
The exits pile onto earlier departures that already reshaped the team’s defensive staff. Green Bay lost its defensive coordinator and other assistants in recent weeks, forcing a broader reorganization under new coordinator Jonathan Gannon. The cumulative effect is a near‑reset of the defensive coaching hierarchy, with several roles to fill before spring work begins.
Green Bay Packers Lose Defensive Coaching Staff Members in Derrick Ansley and Wendel Davis
As it stands, Green Bay’s coaching staff is set to change a lot, especially with the departures of Ansley and Davis. This is detailed more in a report by Justis Mosqueda for the Acme Packaging Company.
Coming into Wednesday, the Green Bay Packers had lost defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley, linebackers coach Sean Duggan and defensive backs coach Ryan Downard to the Miami Dolphins. It doesn’t seem like the coaching churn is stopping, either, as Aaron Wilson reported on Wednesday night that passing game coordinator Derrick Ansley will be leaving the team, and quality control coach Wendel Davis is also joining the Dolphins under Hafley.
Replacing coaches like Ansley and Davis will test the front office and new coordinator’s ability to recruit experienced assistants and maintain player development consistency. The Packers have moved quickly on some hires, but continuity in daily coach-player interactions matters when refining coverage calls and installation processes for the secondary and linebacker corps.
For players, the changes create both uncertainty and opportunity. Younger coaches often bring fresh perspectives, but veterans depend on consistent messaging to execute complex coverage concepts. The next hires will need to build trust fast and preserve the technical progress made during the previous regime.
Ultimately, Green Bay’s defensive identity in 2026 will be shaped as much by who the team brings in as by the schematic preferences of the new coordinator. The coming weeks will reveal whether the Packers can stabilize the staff and translate coaching turnover into improvement on the field.
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