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Chad Morton

Special Teams Assistant

Biography

Entering his second season as special teams assistant after originally joining the Packers in 2009 as coaching administrator.
A seven-year NFL veteran (2000-06) for four different teams, compiled nearly 7,000 return yards in his career (5,401 kickoff return, 1,431 punt return).
With N.Y. Jets in 2002, returned two kickoffs for TDs in same game at Buffalo, including overtime game-winner.
An All-Pac-10 running back at USC, ranks 11th on Trojans’ all-time rushing list with 2,511 yards.
Older brother, Johnnie, played wide receiver for 12 seasons (1994-2005) in the NFL, including eight with the Detroit Lions.

Chad Morton, a seven-year NFL veteran as a player, enters his third season with the Packers and second as special teams assistant coach.

Named to his current position on Feb. 15, 2010, Morton originally joined the Packers as the team’s coaching administrator in 2009, where part of his duties included assisting with the defensive and special teams units, before he moved into the role of special teams assistant.

In Morton’s debut season assisting the special teams in 2010, first-year P Tim Masthay finished the season with a 37.6-yard net punting average, which matched the best mark posted by a Green Bay punter since 1976 (Jon Ryan, 2007). Masthay also placed 25 punts inside the 20, the most by a Packer since Josh Bidwell’s 26 in 2002.

Morton helped tutor several young special teams contributors, including first-year TE Tom Crabtree and second-year CB Brandon Underwood, who finished tied for second and third on the team in special teams tackles with 12 and 11, respectively.

Morton was a running back and kick/punt returner who began his career with New Orleans in 2000 as a fifth-round draft pick. Packers Head Coach Mike McCarthy served as the Saints’ offensive coordinator at that time. Morton went on to play two seasons with the New York Jets (2001-02), two with Washington (2003-04) and two with the New York Giants (2005-06).

Serving primarily as a returner as a pro, Morton tallied 5,401 career kickoff-return yards and three kick-return scores, as well as 1,431 career punt-return yards and one score, in 93 career games. He was selected as a Pro Bowl alternate as a returner in ’02 and ’05.

While with the Jets in 2002, Morton returned two kickoffs for touchdowns in a contest at Buffalo, making him the fifth player in NFL history to return two kickoffs for scores in the same game. He is the only player in NFL history to return a kickoff for a TD in regulation and overtime in the same game and joins Chicago’s Dave Williams (at Detroit, Nov. 27, 1980) as the only players in NFL history to return a kickoff for a TD in overtime. In 2000 with the Saints, Morton tied the NFL single-game playoff record with 13 receptions, against the Minnesota Vikings.

Morton was an All-Pac-10 selection at Southern California, where he served as the team’s primary running back his final two seasons. He led the team with 1,141 yards and 15 touchdowns on 262 carries as a senior, and he ranks 11th on the Trojans’ all-time rushing list with 2,511 career yards. He graduated from USC with a degree in sociology.

Born in Torrance, Calif., Morton attended South High School in Torrance, where he played running back and also ran track. His older brother, Johnnie, played wide receiver for 12 seasons (1994-2005) in the NFL, including eight with the Detroit Lions.

Morton and his wife, Tamra, reside in Green Bay. They have two sons, Avery and Aiden and a daughter, Alexis. Morton enjoys spending time with his wife and playing with his children.

Entering his second season as special teams assistant after originally joining the Packers in 2009 as coaching administrator.
A seven-year NFL veteran (2000-06) for four different teams, compiled nearly 7,000 return yards in his career (5,401 kickoff return, 1,431 punt return).
With N.Y. Jets in 2002, returned two kickoffs for TDs in same game at Buffalo, including overtime game-winner.
An All-Pac-10 running back at USC, ranks 11th on Trojans’ all-time rushing list with 2,511 yards.
Older brother, Johnnie, played wide receiver for 12 seasons (1994-2005) in the NFL, including eight with the Detroit Lions.

Chad Morton, a seven-year NFL veteran as a player, enters his third season with the Packers and second as special teams assistant coach.

Morton and his wife, Tamra, reside in Green Bay. They have two sons, Avery and Aiden and a daughter, Alexis. Morton enjoys spending time with his wife and playing with his children.