Packers Fan Hears Back From CEO Mark Murphy After Applying For A Job

“Always shoot your shot” is a piece of advice that one Green Bay Packers fan took to entirely new levels. Bill Port applied for the team’s open defensive coordinator post and, prior to Matt LaFleur taking the job, for head coach, according to Richard Ryman of the Green Bay Press-Gazette. Most of all CEO Mark Murphy responded!

Packers Fan Hears Back From CEO Mark Murphy After Applying For A Job

Naturally, Team CEO Mark Murphy declined him for the position, but he did give him a letter of rejection that said:

“Bill, Thanks so much for your cover letter and resume regarding our defensive coordinator position. While your fantasy football experience is impressive, I regret to inform you that we have decided to go in a different direction. I hear the [Chicago] Bears have an opening — you look to be a perfect fit for them. Thanks again. Sincerely—Mark.”

Bill –

Thanks so much for your cover letter and resume regarding our Defensive Coordinator position. While your fantasy football experience is impressive, I regret to inform you that we have decided to go in a different direction. I hear the Bears have an opening — you look to be a perfect fit for them. Thanks again.

Regards, Mark

Murphy’s remark delighted Port, a devoted follower of the Packers whose family has owned season tickets since Lambeau Field opened.

“It was really surprising,” Port said. “My original hope was maybe a secretary opens it up, gets a chuckle, shows it to him, he has a laugh, and that’s that.”

When Port was younger, he would send letters to sportsmen and occasionally receive merchandise and signatures in return. Even after being traded to the Raiders, Desmond Howard, the MVP of the Packers Super Bowl, once wrote him a letter back.

Nor is this the first time he’s written anything sardonic in a letter. He wrote them an offer to be their mascot the year before the Tampa Bay Devil Rays joined the Major League Baseball. Unaware of his advanced age, they invited him for a meeting.

“My mom said, ‘Uh Bill, there’s somebody on the phone for you from the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.’ I had to explain that I was 14 years old.”

Port had gone multiple decades since sending his last letter. But he figured that Murphy could appreciate  a good joke. His antics didn’t surprise his family

“I have a goofy, innocent prankster personality,” he confesses.

Port wasn’t quite qualified for the job; he makes his income selling industrial heat-treating ovens. Along with his high school football experience and fantasy football victories, he also mentioned that he would “prefer weekends off” in his cover letter, which definitely didn’t help his cause.

He said to Ryman, “I wasn’t expecting a response.” “I was hoping someone in (Murphy’s) office would get a chuckle and they’d show it to him and he’d get a chuckle.”

There were giggles. However, Jeff Hafley, a former head coach of Boston College, was ultimately chosen by LaFleur, Murphy, and the Packers to be the defensive coordinator.

How long has Mark Murphy been CEO of the Packers?

Mark Murphy, the president and CEO of the Green Bay Packers, has addressed a fan’s request that he step down. The Tucson, Arizona, fan, Justin M., sent Murphy an email expressing his displeasure with the work the man, who has held the role since 2007, had completed with the Packers.

Is Mark Murphy retiring?

Mark Murphy, the CEO of the Green Bay Packers, will leave the company in July 2025 after reaching the obligatory retirement age of 70. Murphy responded to an email from a Packers supporter by announcing the change on his team blog.

Is Mark Murphy in the Hall of Fame?

The Packers only had two winning seasons in his 11-year career—the one playoff berth noted before and four additional seasons with an 8-8 record. Murphy’s accomplishments to the Green Bay Packers throughout a 12-year career were honored when he was elected into the team’s Hall of Fame in 1998.

 

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