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 certain NFL teams. Starr Davante Adams Jersey , Hutson, Lombardi, and Lambeau for the Green Bay Packers. Halas, Ditka, and Butkus for the Chicago Bears. Except now, the Packers have a Butkus of their own. Green Bay has hired Luke Butkus, the nephew of Hall of Famer Dick Butkus, to be their assistant offensive line coach. The team announced the hire in a press release on Thursday morning.The younger Butkus played center at the University of Illinois until 2001 and making two all-conference teams. He has spent the past three years as the Illini’s offensive line coach under Lovie Smith, and he worked for Smith in the Bears organization from 2007 to 2010 as well. Butkus has one direct connection with the Packers’ current offensive coaching staff Josh Jones Color Rush Jersey , however, as he worked with offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett on the Jacksonville Jaguars’ staff in 2015.Green Bay now has two former all-Big Ten players coaching the offensive line, with Butkus joining former Michigan Wolverines tackle Adam Stenavich, who was recently named offensive line coach.The Packers also announced the hire of another assistant for their special teams, bringing Rayna Stewart on board as a special teams quality control coach. Last season, Stewart held the same position at Vanderbilt under new Packers coordinator Shawn Mennenga, and he will be making the move from Nashville to Green Bay along with his boss. Stewart had a brief career as an NFL safety, starting 10 games and recording two interceptions for the Jaguars in 2000.Click here for the full list of assistant coaches that Matt LaFleur has hired for his first season as the Packers’ head coach. Dan Orlich, who was believed to be the oldest former Green Bay Packer and the last player alive who had played for legendary coach Curly Lambeau https://www.thepackersfanshop.com/David-Bakhtiari-Jersey , has died at the age of 94.Orlich was an eighth-round pick in the 1949 NFL draft, and his first season was Lambeau’s last season. Years later he shared fond memories of Lambeau, even though by the time Orlich got to the NFL, Lambeau’s style was outdated.“I thought he was a neat guy,” said Orlich. “I thought he was a little behind the times. The T-formation was in, modern football was on its way in. He kind of clung to the old, old rough style. But I liked Curly.”Orlich is a Hall of Famer at the University of Nevada, where he played in two bowl games, helping the Wolf Pack get to the Salad Bowl in 1947 and the Harbor Bowl in 1948. Those were the first two bowl games in Nevada football history Jason Spriggs Jersey , and after Orlich left they wouldn’t reach another bowl until 1992.Although Orlich liked Lambeau, he didn’t much like Lambeau’s successor, Gene Ronzani, and retired after two seasons playing for Ronzani in part because he didn’t enjoy the style of coaching. After retiring from the NFL, Orlich became a competitive shooter, and he is in the Trapshooting Hall of Fame.