Reports: Broncos set to hire Packers OC Nathaniel Hackett as head coach

The Denver Broncos have reportedly found their next head coach.

According to NFL Network and ESPN, Green Bay Packers offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett is set to be Denver's next coach. Hackett succeeds Vic Fangio after Fangio was fired at the end of the 2021 season when the Broncos finished 7-10 and failed to make the playoffs for a sixth consecutive season after winning the Super Bowl in February of 2016.

Hackett, 42, has been the Packers’ offensive coordinator for the past three seasons. The son of former NFL offensive coordinator Paul Hackett worked for the Jaguars from 2015-18 as the team’s quarterbacks coach and then the offensive coordinator before moving to Green Bay and was the…