Green Bay Packers announce multiyear extensions for executives

GREEN BAY — Green Bay Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst and executive vice president/director of football operations Russ Ball have joined coach Matt LaFleur in signing multi-year contract extensions.

Packers President and CEO Ed Policy announced the extensions for all three on Friday.

The overtime comes after the Packers went 9-8-1 and made their third straight playoff appearance and sixth in the last seven years. A 31–27 road loss to the Chicago Bears in an NFC playoff game capped a five-game skid that ended the Packers’ season, although one of those losses came when the Packers rested their starters in their regular-season finale.

“We are excited to expand our commitment to Brian, Matt and Russ as leaders of our football operations,” Policy said in a statement. “Their unwavering dedication, passion and collaboration have remained constant in our drive to compete at the highest level. While we are all disappointed with how this season ended, we remain aligned on our goals and have spent significant time over the past few weeks collaborating on the path forward.

“I am extremely confident that we have the right people to achieve our goal. The entire Packers organization looks forward to supporting all efforts to deliver our community and fans another championship that they truly deserve.”

LaFleur has a 76-40-1 regular season record and has led the Packers to the playoffs in all but one of his seven years on the job. This includes appearances in the NFC championship games during the 2019 and 2020 seasons. The Packers have been the seventh and final seed in the NFC playoffs in each of the last three seasons.

Gutekunst has been a part of the Packers front office for 27 seasons. Ball is entering his 38th season in the NFL and 19th in Green Bay. Both were appointed to their current positions in January 2018, a year before LaFleur arrived.

Gutekunst made the bold decision to trade up in the first round of the 2020 draft to select Utah State quarterback Jordan Love when the Packers already had Aaron Rodgers on their roster. After Rodgers won his third and fourth MVP awards in the 2020 and 2021 seasons, Gutekunst traded him to the New York Jets in April 2023 as the Packers made Love their starting quarterback.

The Packers reached the playoffs in each of Love’s three seasons as a starter, although they did not advance past the divisional round. Their 2023 and 2024 teams were the youngest by weighted age to reach the playoffs from 1980 to 2024, according to Elias Sports Bureau.

Gutekunst also executed the 2025 trade that brought All-Pro passer Micah Parsons to Green Bay. The Packers sent veteran defensive tackle Kenny Clark to Dallas and also gave up their 2026 and 2027 first-round picks to acquire Parsons, who suffered a torn ACL in his left knee on Dec. 14 and missed the rest of the season.