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Coach Promoted by Rams
Former Green Bay Packers assistant coach Aubrey Pleasant is moving up the coaching ranks again, this time with the Los Angeles Rams.
NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reported via X that Pleasant was being promoted to assistant head coach, working closer with Sean McVay. Pleasant will also continue to operate as the team’s defensive pass game coordinator
Rapoport also pointed out that Pleasant is viewed as a potential NFL head coaching candidate in the near future. Prior to working with the Rams, Pleasant had operated with the Packers as an offensive consultant.
Who Is Aubrey Pleasant?
Not all Packers fans will likely remember Pleasant. However, those were are also Wisconsin Badgers fans will remember him from his playing days.
Prior to coaching, Pleasant was a defensive back for the Badgers from 2005 through 2008. He made 14 starters at safety, and over his college career he racked up 80 combined tackles, two sacks, and a forced fumble.
Pleasant went back to his home state to start coaching after his college career. He started at the high school level before spending a couple of seasons with the Michigan Wolverines. He broke into the NFL world in 2013 as a coaching intern with the Cleveland Browns.
While he bounced around a few NFL teams, Pleasant ran into current Packers head coach Matt LaFleur during two different seasons in their coaching careers. The two eventually joined forces in 2022, when Pleasant was brought on as an offensive analyst.
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