Coaching update

[Old Lion]

It is official. Ben Johnson is now the OC. I really didnt give him enough credit during the season. Had no idea he was calling half the plays.

Also, Aaron Glenn is staying as DC. I was very afraid we were going to lose him. Seems every time we get a coordinator that is seen as successful, we lose lose them immediatly.

 

[Mebert]

It is official. Ben Johnson is now the OC. I really didnt give him enough credit during the season. Had no idea he was calling half the plays.

Also, Aaron Glenn is staying as DC. I was very afraid we were going to lose him. Seems every time we get a coordinator that is seen as successful, we lose lose them immediatly.

I would be shocked if Glenn does not get his shot soon. Glad we get another year.

 

[Old Lion]

I would be shocked if Glenn does not get his shot soon. Glad we get another year.

We are also keeping Aubrey Pleasant too. Hopefully one more year is enough under these guys that the defense starts balling with another draft and FA. We lose Dom Capers though.

 

[Gulf of Brazil]

Lions shift Kelvin Sheppard to ILB coach, promote Tanner Engstrand to TE coach

Dan Campbell announced a few coaching changes for the Lions for 2022.

www.prideofdetroit.com

Engstrand taking over as tight ends coach comes as no surprise. When the Lions gave Johnson an unofficial promotion to passing game coordinator midway through the 2021 season, it was Engstrand who took over the tight end room, according to T.J. Hockenson.

“We had Ben at the beginning of the year, and then halfway through we had Tanner, because Ben got moved up to passing game coordinator,” Hockenson said at the end of the season.

As for Sheppard, he is a former inside linebacker himself—including a one-year stint with the Lions— and should know the position well. He joined the Lions as a coach last year after serving as LSU’s director of player development for a year.

Campbell announced that to replace Sheppard’s spot at outside linebacker coach, the Lions will rely more on defensive line coach Todd Wash and current director of football research David Corrao, who was spotted coaching up some of the linebackers during the Senior Bowl last month. The reasoning for that change? The Lions will apparently rely on more four-man fronts going forward.

“As Detroit’s director of football research, Corrao has a diverse, behind-the-scenes role,” Justin Rogers said in a piece for the Detroit News, “Which included hand-on coaching opportunities with the team’s outside linebackers and defensive ends throughout last season.”

 

[Gulf of Brazil]

This is quite interesting. Maybe utilizing more 4 down Lineman fronts changes their draft a little bit as far as their edge need and the personnel they'll use or are looking for? IDK?

 

[Gulf of Brazil]

New Lions assistant coach Cameron Davis earns some high praise

New Lions assistant DL coach Cameron Davis earns some high praise from former Raiders CEO Amy Trask

lionswire.usatoday.com

One of Davis’ prior coaching stops was with the Raiders organization back in 2012-2013. It was Davis’ first post-college job. He’s since moved on to coaching at several college programs, most recently the DL coach at Lamar in Texas.