On Wednesday, the Detroit Lions introduced a number of teaching adjustments by way of an announcement and adjustments to their official web site.
They confirmed beforehand reported hires of Deshea Townsend, who would be the Lions’ DBs coach and move sport coordinator (not CBs coach, as beforehand reported). In addition they confirmed the hiring of Terrell Williams as the subsequent run sport coordinator/defensive position coach.
Past that, in addition they introduced the hiring of Jim O’Neil as a defensive assistant. O’Neil’s teaching days attain all the best way again to 2001, when he was an assistant offensive line coach/tight ends coach for Albany. He would spend the subsequent eight years working varied teaching jobs within the faculty ranks earlier than being employed as a defensive high quality management coach for the New York Jets.
He ultimately labored his manner as much as be defensive coordinator of the Cleveland Browns (2014-15) and San Francisco 49ers (2016), earlier than spending a number of years with the Raiders as a defensive assistant and defensive backs coach. His most up-to-date job was defensive coordinator for Northwestern, however he was fired from that place again in November of 2022.
Past these strikes, there are a number of coaches who’re now not listed on the staff’s web site, totally on the defensive facet of the ball:
Senior offensive assistant Jim Hostler
Defensive high quality management coach Wayne Blair
DL coach John Scott Jr.
CB coach Dre Bly
DBs coach Brian Duker (employed by Dolphins)
Senior defensive assistant John Fox
That leaves the Lions with a number of vacancies nonetheless left on their teaching workers, together with an offensive assistant position and a cornerbacks coach.
