Bobby Babich looking for uptick in turnovers in Packers secondary

GREEN BAY − Five Green Bay Packers defensive assistant coaches conducted press conferences May 5, their first sessions with the media this offseason. Following are highlights: Bobby Babich interviewed for Packers defensive coordinator job Bobby Babich , the new secondary/pass game coordinator, interviewed with coach Matt LaFleur for the Packers’ defensive coordinator position that went to Jonathan Gannon in late January. Babich was Buffalo’s defensive coordinator the past two seasons.

Babich is one of three new assistants Gannon brought in to run his defense. The two had never worked together but had talked at the NFL scouting combine, where Babich and Nick Rallis, who was Gannon’s defensive coordinator in Arizona, get together every year to talk defense. One year, Gannon joined the meetup.

“We got to know each other there, probably spent an hour, two hours talking defensive football,” Babich said. “That's when we first officially met and spent time together. ” Babich is the son of longtime football coach Bob Babich, who coached in college from 1984 through 2002, including two years as Wisconsin’s offensive line coach (1988-89) and as head coach at North Dakota State (1997-2002).

Bob Babich was a defensive assistant in the NFL from 2003 through 2021. Bobby Babich also coached defensive backs and linebackers with the Bills before becoming their defensive coordinator. He’ll be leading a Packers pass defense that last season intercepted only seven passes, which ranked No.