The Detroit Lions officially announced their coaching staff for the 2020 season on Monday.
The full staff consists of:
- Matt Patricia – Head Coach
- Darrell Bevell – Offensive Coordinator
- Cory Undlin – Defensive Coordinator
- Brayden Coombs – Special Teams Coordinator
- Kyle Caskey – Running Backs
- Tony Carter – Defensive Assistant
- David Corrao – Director of Football Research
- Bo Davis – Defensive Line
- Hank Fraley – Offensive Line
- Steve Gregory – Defensive Backs
- Morris Henry – Assistant Strength & Conditioning
- Ben Johnson – Tight Ends
- Tom Kanavy – Assistant Strength & Conditioning
- Tyrone McKenzie – Linebackers
- Robert Prince – Wide Receivers
- Evan Rothstein – Head Coach Assistant/Research & Analysis
- Sean Ryan – Quarterbacks
- Josh Schuler – Head Strength & Conditioning
- Stephen Thomas – Defensive Quality Control
- Ty Warren – WCF Minority Coaching Assistantship
- Leon Washington – WCF Minority Coaching Assistantship/Offense
- Marquice Williams – Assistant Special Teams
- Billy Yates – Assistant Offensive Lineant Offensive Line
Patricia, 45, began his NFL coaching career as an offensive assistant for the Patriots back in 2004. He held a number of position during his 14 years in New England including assistant offensive line coach, linebackers coach, and safeties coach before he was promoted to defensive coordinator in 2012.
The Lions hired Patricia as their head coach in February, 2018. In two seasons, Patricia has a record of 9-22-1 (29.7 percent).
Undlin, 48, began his coaching career as the linebackers coach at California Lutheran. He took his first NFL coaching job in 2004 a defensive coaching assistant for the Patriots.
From there, Undlin worked for the Browns, Jaguars and Broncos before the Eagles hired him as their DBs coach in 2015.
Coombs was hired by the Bengals back in 2009 as a coaching intern before being promoted to coaching assistant the following year. He contributed to the Bengals’ defensive staff and focused on defensive backs before moving to the offensive side of the ball in 2012 and focusing on wide receivers.
From there, the Bengals made Coombs assistant special teams coach in 2013 and he later assisting the coaching of cornerbacks in 2016.
Football Outsiders have the Bengals’ special teams unit ranked No. 1 overall in 2019.
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