- Hired as the Cardinals offensive coordinator in 2026. Joined the Cardinals with 17 years of NFL coaching experience, including 10 years as an offensive coordinator with the New York Jets (2023-24), Green Bay Packers (2019-21), Jacksonville Jaguars (2016-18) and Buffalo Bills (2013-14) and one season as the head coach of the Denver Broncos (2022).
- Since 2017, Hackett has been a part of five postseason runs, including three conference championship games (JAX – 2018 & GB 2020-21). During that span, Hackett's teams won 68 of 100 games (.680).
- During his time as an offensive coordinator, has led three top-10 offenses. He helped lead two top five scoring offenses during that time, including Jacksonville in 2017 (5th - 26.1 ppg) and Green Bay in 2020 (1st - 31.8 ppg).Â
- Had a three-year run (2019-21) in Green Bay when he helped QB Aaron Rodgers earn three consecutive Pro Bowls and back-to-back NFL MVP awards (2020-21). Rodgers had three straight 4,000-yard seasons and twice led the league in passer rating during that span (2020-21).
- Under Hackett, WR Davante Adams ranked second in the NFL in receptions (321), receiving yards (3,924) and receiving TDs (34) while posting two of the top-three single-season reception marks in franchise history (123 in 2021; 115 in 2020).Â
- During his three seasons as Green Bay's offensive coordinator, the Packers won three consecutive NFC North titles, ranked 5th in the NFL in scoring (27.2 ppg) and committed the fewest turnovers (37) in the league.
Nathaniel Hackett was named Arizona's offensive coordinator on 2/13/26. He has 17 years of NFL coaching experience, including 10 seasons as an offensive coordinator. He was the head coach with Denver in 2022 and spent two seasons (2023-24) as the Jets offensive coordinator. Hackett has served as the offensive coordinator with the Bills (2013-14), Jaguars (2016-18), Packers (2019-21) and Jets (2023-24) in his career. He also worked as the quarterbacks coach in Jacksonville (2015) and stints as an offensive quality control coach with the Bills (2008-09) and Buccaneers (2006-07). Hackett came to the Cardinals after spending last season (2025) as a defensive analyst with the Green Bay Packers.
Last season, he assisted former Packers defensive coordinator (and current Dolphins head coach) Jeff Hafley and provided an offensive perspective to the defensive coaching staff. His role included attending defensive meetings, breaking down film with defensive position groups and helping Hafley with game strategy design.
As offensive coordinator with New York in 2024, the Jets had the sixth-most passing TDs (31), tied for 9th in redzone efficiency (78.3%), and ranked 14th in third-down conversion rate (39.5%). QB Aaron Rodgers returned from an Achilles injury and completed 368-of-584 passes for 3,897 yards and 28 TDs, his best statistical season since his 2021 MVP season with Green Bay where Hackett was his offensive coordinator. In 2023, Hackett oversaw an offensive group that consisted of rookie and second-year players accounting for 64.1% of the Jets total touches (2nd-highest in the NFL) and 64.6% of the scrimmage yards (1st in the NFL). RB Breece Hall and WR Garrett Wilson helped the Jets become just the sixth team with a 1,500-scrimmage yard RB and a 1,000-receiving yard WR both in their first or second year in the same season since 1970.
During Hackett's three seasons as Green Bay's offensive coordinator (2019-21), the Packers ranked 5th in the NFL in scoring (27.2 ppg) while committing the fewest turnovers (37) in the league. Green Bay made the playoffs in all three seasons, including two NFC Championship game appearances (2020-21). In 2021, he assisted Packers head coach Matt LaFleur with an offense that ranked 7th in first downs per game (22.1), 8th in passing yards per game (253.8), 9th in offensive points per game (25.7) and 10th in yards per game (365.6) and total points (450). Rodgers led the NFL in passer rating (111.9), ranked 3rd in completion percentage (68.9%), tied for 4th in passing TDs (37), and ranked 10th in passing yards (4,115) en route to his second consecutive NFL MVP award. In 2020, Hackett helped the Packers lead the NFL in scoring (31.8), TDs (66), redzone TD percentage (team-record 80%) and time of possession (32:29) while setting a franchise record for fewest turnovers (11). They also ranked 2nd in third-down percentage (49.4), a team record. Green Bay became just the third team in league history to record 500+ points and commit 11 or fewer turnovers in a single season. That season, the Packers featured four players (Rodgers, WR Davante Adams, OL David Bakhtiari and OL Corey Linsley) who earned first-team All-Pro honors—Green Bay's most first-team selections on offense since 1962 (6). During Rodgers MVP season in 2020, he led the NFL in passer rating (121.5), passing TDs (team-record 48), completion percentage (team-record 70.7) and INT percentage (0.95). He became the first QB to lead the league in all four categories since Steve Young (1992). In Hackett's first season with the Packers (2019), the offense had the second-fewest turnovers in the NFL (13), tied for the second-best mark in team history. The Packers offense also ranked first in zero-giveaway games (9) and featured RB Aaron Jones who tallied a league-leading 16 rushing TDs.
Prior to Green Bay, Hackett spent four seasons with the Jacksonville Jaguars (2015-18), beginning as QBs coach before taking over as the offensive coordinator and play-caller in Week 9 of the 2016 season. In his final season with Jacksonville in 2018, second-year WR Dede Westbrook led the Jaguars in receiving yards (717) and punt return yards (266), becoming the second player in franchise history (Mike Thomas, 2010) to lead the Jaguars in both categories. In 2017, Hackett helped the Jaguars lead the league in rushing (141.4 ypg) for the first time in team history en route to an appearance in the AFC Championship Game. Jacksonville had a league-best 11 games with 135+ rushing yards—four more than any other team in 2017—and allowed a franchise-low 24 sacks on the season (3rd-fewest in the NFL). The Jaguars also led the league in goal-to-go TD percentage (85.7), ranked 2nd in the NFL in redzone TD percentage (64 .0) and 3rd in sacks allowed (24) — both the top marks in team history. RB Leonard Fournette became just the second rookie in NFL history at the time to score a TD in each of his first six career games (New England's Robert Edwards, 1998). Under Hackett's tutelage as quarterbacks coach in 2015, Blake Bortles set single-season franchise records in passing TDs (35), passing yards (4,428), completions (355) and attempts (606). At the time, Bortles was just the third QB in NFL history (Steve Young, 1998; Daunte Culpepper, 2004) to post 4,000 passing yards, 35+ passing TDs and 300+ rushing yards in a season.
In his first stint as an offensive coordinator, Hackett directed the Bills in 2014 and featured an 86.0 passer rating, the top mark by the team since 2002. Buffalo's QBs (Kyle Orton and EJ Manuel) combined for only 13 INTs—the 3rd-fewest in franchise history to that point—and the offense had 33 plays of 25+ yards, the 6th-most in the NFL and most by a Bills team since 2000. Hackett re-joined Buffalo in 2013 and helped the Bills rushing attack, led by C.J. Spiller and Fred Jackson, rank 2nd in rushing yards per game (144.2), 6th in rushing first downs (113) and 10th in rushing TDs. Spiller (933 yards) and Jackson (890 yards) ranked 15th and 16th respectively in rushing yards that season and were the only duo in the NFL to each post 850+ rushing yards. They are the only duo in Bills franchise history to post 850+ rushing yards in the same season.
In 2010, Hackett returned college at Syracuse University as the quarterbacks and tight ends coach while also serving as the passing game coordinator. He was promoted to offensive coordinator prior to the 2011 season and spent the following two years in that position. During his second season as offensive coordinator, Syracuse set school records for total offense (6,188 yards), yards per game (476.0), passing yards (3,757), passing yards per game (289.0), TD passes (26), completions (295) and first downs (328) as the Orange went won the 2012 Pinstripe Bowl. QB Ryan Nassib also set school career and single-season records in passing yards, completions, and passing yards per game and single-season records for TD passes and total offense en route to being named an All-American. In 2011, he mentored TE Nick Provo, an All-ECAC Offensive first team and All-Big East first-team selection and a Mackey Award semifinalist, who set the SU single-season and career records for receptions by a tight end with 51 in 2011 and 92 in his career. During his first season with the Orange, he helped Nassib set the record for TD passes in a game (five). Syracuse posted their first winning season since 2001 and capped the season with a win in the Pinstripe Bowl.
Prior to returning to the collegiate level, Hackett spent two seasons (2008-09) with the Buffalo Bills as an offensive quality control coach. During his first stint with the Bills, the offense tied for 9th in yards per carry (4.3) and ranked 13th in rushing yards per game (115.9) over that span.
Hackett started in the NFL with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2006 where he spent two years working alongside his father, Paul Hackett, assisting former Buccaneers Head Coach Jon Gruden. In 2007, he helped Tampa Bay to a 9-7 record and an NFC South title. The Bucs offense ranked 11th in rushing yards per game (117.0), tied for the 13th in yards per play (5.4) and 16th passing yards per game (209.8). In his first year with the Buccaneers, WR Joey Galloway had his second consecutive 1,000-yard season at age 35, hauling in 62 receptions for 1,057 yards and seven TDs.
Before Hackett went the NFL, he spent three seasons at Stanford working as the specialists coach/recruiting coordinator (2005) and as an assistant to the offensive and defensive coordinators (2003-04). Hackett began his coaching career in 2003 at his alma mater, the University of California-Davis, where he served as assistant linebackers coach.
Hackett played linebacker and served as the team's long snapper at UC-Davis (1998-2002). He was a part of teams that finished with a combined 41-9 record and reached the playoffs in all four of his collegiate seasons. Hackett was also named the 1998 George Belenis Award winner (scout team player of the year) and the 2002 Bob Foster Aggie Pride Award Winner.
His father, Paul, coached 42 seasons (1969-2010) at the collegiate and professional levels, most recently serving as the quarterbacks coach for the Oakland Raiders (2009-10). Paul served as head coach at the University of Pittsburgh (1989-92) and the University of Southern California (1998-2000) in addition to being an offensive coordinator for the Kansas City Chiefs (1993-97) and N.Y. Jets (2001-04). Serving as the quarterbacks, wide receivers, and tight ends coach for San Francisco, he helped the 49ers to a Super Bowl XIX victory over Miami in 1985.
Hackett and his wife, Megan, have two sons, Harrison and London and two daughters, Briar and Everly.
