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Lions' Dan Campbell Gives Confident Response to Losing Both Coordinators

Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell speaks at the 2025 NFL annual meeting. | via Detroit Lions

Dan Campbell is no stranger to the importance of continuity within a coaching staff. He coached under Sean Payton with the New Orleans Saints before taking over his own team, the Detroit Lions, ahead of the 2021 season. He made two key hires that first year: defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn and passing game coordinator Ben Johnson, who was elevated to offensive coordinator the following year.

Campbell doesn't have much to prove after his incredibly impressive first four years in Detroit, but 2025 does bring some significant change to the Lions locker room, as Glenn takes over as head coach of the New York Jets and Johnson does the same for the division rival Chicago Bears.

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