GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Ron Zook was the only coordinator left standing after Mike McCarthy restructured his coaching staff following the Green Bay Packers’ 7-9 season.
It’s no coincidence that the Packers’ special teams reached their highest ranking in Zook’s three years as coordinator.
Although there’s still a long way to go before that unit could be considered a strength of the team, the Packers at least climbed to the middle of the league. They finished 16th in long-time Dallas-based NFL reporter Rick Gosselin’s annual special teams rankings.
“I thought Ron did an excellent job this year,” McCarthy said shortly after the season, around when he fired defensive coordinator Dom Capers and offensive coordinator Edgar Bennett.