The Lions of Detroit became one of the first NFL teams under the direction of the head coach Dan Campbell. However, the Lions will be tested in 2025 while the team is forced to rebuild its coaches staff after the attacking coordinator Ben Johnson left for the Bears in Chicago and the New York Jets hired the defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn.
Naturally, these coordinators take other coaches with them to their new concerts and the lions are Lose The tight end coach Steve Heiden, who will follow Glenn in New York, according to the initiate of the NFL, Tom Pelisero, on X. In addition, the coordinator of the Game of the Pass of Detroit, Tanner Engstrand, is considered as the Favorite of the OCs of Jets, by Pelisero. Although it has not yet been slipped by Glenn.
Heiden began his coach career with the Cardinals of Arizona in 2013 and he stayed with the organization for 10 years before leaving for Detroit. He has spent the last two seasons as a tight coach of the Lions and now takes over as a coach of the offensive line of jets under Glenn.
The success of the Lions has forced a reconstruction of coach staff
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The Lions managed to replace the two coordinators while Campbell hired John Morton to take over for Ben Johnson while the Detroit OC and Kelvin Sheppard were promoted to the defensive coordinator. Sheppard has spent the last three seasons as coating of the Lions seconds. It was initially thought that he would take the role of DC under Glenn in New York, but Sheppard remains in Detroit.
Campbell interviewed several candidates for the post of defensive coordinator, including Larry Fote, who is the coach of the seconds and the coordinator of the pass game of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers since 2022. In the end, the team decided to hire organization and give Sheppard its shot.
Meanwhile, the jets hired the veteran coach Steve Wilks as a new defensive coordinator. Wilks was recently the DC of the 49ers of San Francisco in 2023, reaching the Super Bowl LVIII with the team before being dismissed during the offseason. He brings 30 years of coaching experience in New York.
Although the Lions are not concerned about the closure of their Super Bowl window after losing as many staff members, it is imperative that the team obtains its new coach replacements. But given the campbell hiring history, Lions fans should be quite confident that the organization will continue to compete at a high level.
