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Luke Getsy has been hired as offensive coordinator for the Las Vegas Raiders

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Henderson, Nevada – Luke Getsy has been named offensive coordinator of the Las Vegas Raiders.

Getsy joins the Raiders after two seasons as offensive coordinator for the Chicago Bears, bringing with him 17 years of coaching experience, including nine in the NFL. In 2023, Getsy led an offense that ranked second in the NFL in rushing attempts (534), rushing yards (2,399) and rushing yards per game (141.1). Under his direction, wide receiver DJ Moore set career highs in receptions (96), receiving yards (1,364) and touchdowns (eight). It also saw Cole Kmet set career bests in receptions (73) and receiving yards (719).

In his first season as Bears coordinator in 2022, Getsy helped guide the team to a franchise-record 3,014 total yards and a league-best 177.3 yards per game. Prior to joining Chicago, Getsy spent seven seasons with the Green Bay Packers in multiple roles, serving as quarterback/passing game coordinator from 2020-21, quarterbacks coach in 2019, wide receivers coach from 2016-17 and offensive quality control coach from 2016-19. 2017. 2014-15.

In 2021, Getsy helped guide Aaron Rodgers to MVP honors and first-team AP All-Pro for the second straight season after throwing for 4,115 yards and 37 touchdowns. In his first season as passing game coordinator in 2020, Getsy helped guide a Packers offense that led the league in scoring (31.8 ppg), set an NFL record for red zone touchdown percentage (80.0 percent) and scored the team's third-highest- A percentage decrease since 1970 (49.4 percent).

In his only season at Mississippi State in 2018, Getsy served as offensive coordinator/wide receivers coach and helped the Bulldogs rank second in the SEC in rushing (223.6 yards per game) and yards per carry (5.66).

As wide receivers coach with the Packers in 2016-17, Getsy worked with WR Davante Adams, who led the team with 74 catches for 885 yards (12.0 avg.) and 10 touchdowns in 2017 en route to his first career bowl selection. From 2014 to 2015, Getsy served as an offensive quality control coach and was part of an offensive staff in 2014 that helped the Packers lead the league in scoring (30.4 ppg) and tie for first in the NFL in fewest giveaways ( 13).

Getsy spent the 2013 season as wide receivers coach at Western Michigan after two seasons as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Indiana University of Pennsylvania (2011-12). Getsy helped guide IUP to the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference title and a No. 6 final ranking in Division II in 2012, leading an offense that ranked 10th nationally with 259.3 yards per game.

Before arriving at IUP, Getsy served as an offensive graduate assistant at the University of Pittsburgh in 2010. He began his coaching career at his alma mater, the University of Akron, where he served as a graduate assistant from 2007 to 2008. As a starting quarterback at Akron, Getsy set 24 school records individually in his two seasons with the Zips. He graduated with degrees in Marketing Management and Sales Management, earning MAC Academic Honors in 2005 and 2006. Jitsi and his wife Tina have three sons, John, Paul and Adam, and a daughter named Nora.

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