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It didn’t take long for Anthony Lynn to find a job after being dismissed by the Detroit Lions. The Lions’ offensive coordinator for 2021 is joining the San Francisco 49ers as an assistant head coach, per ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
It’s a nice landing for Lynn, who simply did not mesh well with head coach Dan Campbell or quarterback Jared Goff in his one season in Detroit. Lynn was hired as the offensive coordinator but the team struggled badly under his watch. After the bye week, Campbell took over as the offensive play-caller, leaving Lynn as a glorified run game coach. The package of Campbell and TE coach Ben Johnson, who took on many of the other OC roles and is the leading candidate to replace Lynn in Detroit, led the Lions to much better results and three wins in the final six games.
Lynn previously served as the head coach of the Chargers. He’s a well-respected football lifer as a former NFL running back and a coach for various teams over the last 20 years.
Interestingly, in Schefter’s tweet reporting the news, he mentioned that Lynn had multiple offers from both other NFL teams and college programs.