The Packers found Ted Thompson's replacement without having to look outside the organization.
Green Bay will promote director of player personnel Brian Gutekunst to general manager, NFL Media first reported. ESPN reported Gutekunst will get a five-year deal.
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Gutekunst has been with the Packers since 1998, when he joined the club as a college scout. He was promoted to director of of college scouting in 2012 and director of player personnel in March of 2016.
The Packers also interviewed in-house candidates Eliot Wolf — the director of football operations — and director of football administration and player finance Russ Ball, who is affectionately known as Green Bay's "salary cap guru." The Packers had interest in Seahawks general manager John Schneider, a Green Bay native, but the team's request to interview Schneider was denied.
Thompson had been the team's GM since 2005 and will assume a role of senior advisor to football operations.