Green Bay Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst is getting modern aid in his offensive line search from a former longtime assistant coach, according to Rob Demovsky of ESPNThe Packers have signed James Campen — a former Packers offensive lineman who spent 15 seasons as the Packers’ coach in Green Bay — as a scouting consultant under Gutekunst.
Campen, who most recently coached the offensive line for the Carolina Panthers, arrived in Green Bay for practice on Tuesday.
Campen played eight seasons in the NFL — three with the New Orleans Saints (1986-88) and five with the Packers (1989-93). In 2004, Mike Sherman named him an assistant offensive line coach, and then in 2006, he was assigned to Mike McCarthy’s first staff. In 2007, McCarthy promoted Campen to offensive line coach, a position he held for the next 11 seasons.
While in Green Bay, Campen coached and developed offensive linemen such as Marco Rivera, Mike Wahle, Chad Clifton, Mark Tauscher, Scott Wells, Jeff Saturday, Josh Sitton, David Bakhtiari and TJ Lang.
The Packers have long targeted athletic, versatile offensive linemen in the draft, and Campen has personally been responsible for developing many of them into great players. Now he’ll have the opportunity to find and evaluate offensive linemen for Gutekunst and the Packers.
Campen is one of the most respected offensive line coaches in the NFL, having also coached the offensive line for the Cleveland Browns (2019), Los Angeles Chargers (2020) and Houston Texans (2021). He will spend the 2022 and 2023 seasons with the Panthers.
