Enters his fourth NFL season and second with the Buffalo Bills…responsibilities include a variety of areas on the offensive side of the ball such as analysis of opponents’ defensive tendencies, implementation of scout team efforts during practices and analysis of Bills offensive plays, just to name a few.
4th Year in NFL/2nd with the Bills
Coaching Experience: Enters his fourth NFL season and second with the Buffalo Bills…responsibilities include a variety of areas on the offensive side of the ball such as analysis of opponents’ defensive tendencies, implementation of scout team efforts during practices and analysis of Bills offensive plays, just to name a few…spent his first two NFL seasons as the offensive quality control coach for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers where worked closely with all members of the offensive coaching staff in the preparation and implementation of the offensive game plan, including wide receivers coach Richard Mann while helping guide WR Joey Galloway to his third consecutive 1,000-yard receiving season in 2007...from 2003-2004, worked as an assistant to the offensive and defensive coordinators at Stanford…in December 2004, Hackett accepted the position of linebackers coach at Western Michigan, but returned to Stanford after he was offered a full-time position with the Cardinal as specialists coach and recruiting coordinator…his first coaching position came at his alma mater, U.C. Davis, during the spring of 2003 as the assistant linebackers coach.
Personal: Hackett was a four-year letter winner as a linebacker and long snapper at U.C. Davis from1999 2002…helped the Aggies, one of the top programs in NCAA Division II, reach the playoffs each of his four seasons…during his four seasons, U.C. Davis had a combined record of 41-9…won the George Belenis Award in 1998 as the team’s Most Outstanding Redshirt and the “Aggie Pride” Award in 2002 as a senior…is the son of Raiders quarterbacks coach Paul Hackett…was born December 19, 1979 in Fullerton, California…is married to the former Megan Baumgartner and have a son, Harrison, and a daughter, Briar.
