Long-time Packers QB Tom Clements is retiring from coaching

Green Bay Packers coach Matt LaFleur revealed on Tuesday that long-time quarterback coach Tom Clements — who coached three generations of Packers quarterbacks — is retiring from professional football.

Clements coached Brett Favre, Aaron Rodgers and Jordan Love during his time in Green Bay. He was pivotal for getting the most out of Favre’s final years and developing both Rodgers and Love early in their professional careers.

Clements, now 71, was the Packers quarterbacks coach from 2006 to 2011, the offensive coordinator from 2012 to 2014 and the assistant head coach from 2015 to 2016 under Mike McCarthy. He left Green Bay following the 2016 season, returned to coaching with the Arizona Cardinals under Kliff Kingsbury between 2019 and 2020 and then returned to the Packers in 2022 — after being recruited by Aaron Rodgers — as quarterbacks coach. He spent the last three seasons in the position.

LaFleur mentioned Sean Mannion — a former NFL quarterback who joined the Packers coaching staff as an offensive assistant in the quarterbacks room this year — is a candidate to replace Clements. Assistant quarterbacks coach Conner Lewis is also a trusted coach on LaFleur’s staff.

Replacing Clements and his experience will be difficult, especially during a pivotal period of Love’s development entering the 2025 season.

Clements was the quarterback for Notre Dame’s national championship team in 1973. He went undrafted but ended up having a decorated playing career in the CFL with multiple teams, winning multiple Grey Cups and being named a CFL All-Star seven times.

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