Former Penn State offensive coordinator John Donovan is on the move. Donovan is joining the Green Bay Packers’ staff as a senior analyst working with the defense.

Donovan arrives at Green Bay from the University of Washington, where he was the Huskies offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for the last 2 seasons (2020-21). Donovan has familiarity coaching in the NFL. Prior to being Washington’s OC, Donovan was an offensive assistant with the Jacksonville Jaguars from 2016-19, working with the tight ends in 2016, the quarterbacks in 2017-18 and the running backs in 2019.

Donovan was on James Franklin’s staff at Vanderbilt as offensive coordinator from 2011-to-2013, also coaching the Commodores running backs. He followed Franklin to Penn State as the Nittany Lions offensive coordinator for 2014 and ’15 while working with the tight ends.