Packers QB coach to be offensive coordinator for all-star game

Key Highlights

• The East-West Shrine Bowl announced its coaching staff for the 2026 edition of the game, and the West team’s offensive coordinator will be Mannion. College all-star games are usually coached by a mix of NFL coaches, either retired coaches or young up-and-comers who serve in a role above the one they have at their current job.
• Mannion isn’t the first Packers coach to be invited to coach an all-star game, and the team has frequently brought up these hands-on experiences coaching draft prospects as opportunities for extra intel that lead to players’ selections to Green Bay. At the moment, the following players with draftable grades on the consensus draft board are expected to play for Mannion’s West offense:#104 Skyler Bell, WR, UConnBell, a Wisconsin transfer, was an All-American in 2025.#126 Brian Parker II, OL, DukeParker was a right tackle for the Blue Devils in 2025, but is expected to get some looks at center at the next level, due to his arm length and weight.
• I took him in the fourth round in our Packers mock offseason.#144 Demond Claiborne, RB, Wake Forest#153 Eric Rivers, WR, Georgia Tech#157 Pat Coogan, OL, IndianaCoogan is a center who transferred from Notre Dame.
• He was the MVP of Indiana’s Rose Bowl victory over Alabama.#166 Fa’alili Fa’amoe, OL, Wake ForestPlayed right tackle for Wake Forest.
• He was a defensive lineman at Washington State until 2022, when he converted to right tackle there, too.#182 Ar’maj Reed-Adams, OL, Texas A&MMost of Reed-Adam’s college career was played at guard, but he did play some right tackle at Kansas before his transfer to A&M.