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Packers closing in on STs coaching search, leaning towards Shawn Mennenga

Vanderbilt special teams coach Shawn Mennenga is the likely name to replace Ron Zook for the same duty in Green Bay, according to Tom Silverstein of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

Mennenga has experience working under the special teams umbrella in both the collegiate and professional levels, even spending seven seasons as an assistant special teams coach with the Cleveland Browns. He worked under current Packers defensive coordinator Mike Pettine, who was the Browns' head coach for two seasons.

While nothing is set in stone yet and it's important to note that Mennenga is simply the favorite to this point, Mennenga wasn't the Packers' first choice.