Tag: Dan Campbell

Report: Dan Campbell to finish Saints exit interviews before taking Lions job

New Orleans Saints assistant Dan Campbell will handle his exit interviews with players before taking the Detroit Lions head coach job.

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The Detroit Lions can hire their new head coach at any time, but Dan Campbell wants to handle all the responsibilities left on his desk before leaving the New Orleans Saints. Because of NFL rules, he was only allowed to speak with suitors until the Saints’ season ended, at which point he can join a new team. Their playoffs loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers opens the door for him and others to go pursue new opportunities.

NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reports that Campbell is expected to be announced as Detroit’s next head coach later this week, once he’s formally met with the team in person after interviewing virtually. That’s when he’ll be able to put pen to paper.

So he’ll spend these last few days in New Orleans reviewing the performances of his tight ends: co-starters Josh Hill and Jared Cook; rookie draft pick Adam Trautman; as well as Garrett Griffin and Ethan Wolf, from the practice squad. Campbell has conducted these exit interviews before and even sat on the other side of the desk (or Zoom teleconference call, I guess) as a former player himself.

It’ll be interesting to see where things go from here. Trautman was drafted with the vision of Campbell developing him, but the Saints will have to shift gears and find someone new. Campbell will soon be building his own staff in Detroit and it’s anyone’s guess how many Saints assistants he may take with him. It’s just another subplot to an offseason full of them for New Orleans.

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Dan Campbell won’t meet with Lions until Wednesday, as he holds exit interviews with Saints’ players

Dan Campbell won’t meet with Detroit Lions until Wednesday, as he is planning on holding exit interviews with New Orleans Saints’ players.

Dan Campbell, the anticipated front runner for Detroit Lions’ head coaching vacancy, won’t meet with the organization until Wednesday, as he is planning on holding exit interviews with New Orleans Saints’ players, per NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport.

The meeting is anticipated to be only a formality, as both sides are expected to be finalizing a contract to make him their team’s next head coach.

Campbell is known as a high-character players coach, and as tight ends/assistant head coach, he potentially has several players to talk to, on each side of the ball.

It’s a classy move by Campbell and illustrates his efforts to put the players first and emphasizes how he cares for each of them.

“He’s a guy who played a long time,” Saints QB Drew Brees told ESPN’s Mike Triplett. “So he’s got a level of respect coming from guys for how he played — he’s a tough, physical guy. He just really cares about his players. You can see that in the way he talks to us, talks to his position group. He’s just got a lot of great leadership qualities in that way. And I think he’s just a good person.

“So you combine all those things, and then he’s a person that you want to follow. And a person you believe in and you know he’s gonna be honest with you.”

This is a stark contrast from the Lions’ last coach, Matt Patricia, who did care deeply for his players, but there were too often stories from former players who felt like they weren’t treated right and he prioritized himself first.

Stay tuned to Lions Wire, as we will have a lot more information on Campbell, including his press conference, once available.

FOX Sports confirms reports the Lions are hiring Dan Campbell as the head coach

FOX’s Jay Glazer affirmed the news on Saturday

While it remains unofficial, another strong report indicates the Lions are hiring Dan Campbell as the team’s head coach. This one comes from FOX Sports insider Jay Glazer and comes a day after several NFL.com reports also indicated the Lions were set to hire Campbell once he becomes available.

Campbell is currently the assistant head coach and tight ends coach for the New Orleans Saints. The Saints play against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday night in the NFC divisional round game. The Lions cannot contact Campbell again until the Saints are eliminated from the postseason.

Glazer made his pronouncement on the FOX pregame show.

The Lions hired Rams director of collegiate scouting Brad Holmes as the GM this week. He and Campbell have no clear connections. Campbell is a former NFL tight end who played for the Lions at the end of his career. He’s been with the Saints since 2016.

Cowboys News: Best and Worst from 2020, takeaway review

The Cowboys have a number of former players finding success in the NFL, as players or coaches. Plus, names to remember for the NFL draft

With the Dallas Cowboys watching the playoffs from home, more attention is being paid to former Cowboys, at least for this weekend. Saturday night, Dez Bryant has a chance to get farther in the playoffs than he ever did in Dallas, as does Cole Beasley. Former Cowboys offensive coordinator Scott Linehan is the leading man to run Urban Meyer’s offense in Jacksonville, and former Cowboys TE Dan Campbell might potentially land his first head coaching gig with the Lions.

The Cowboys draft needs are abundant and clear, and the theme of the needs is defense. Get familiar with names of potential defensive prospects that Dallas could add come late April. A pair of young defensive backs were a bright spot for the Cowboys this season. The Cowboys staff writers going over their best and worst events from the 2020 season. Plus, is it already time for this young Dallas defender to switch positions again?

Report: Ex-Cowboys TE now frontrunner for Lions’ HC job

Dan Campbell played tight end for three seasons in Dallas, overlapping with Jason Witten. Now he may be the next Detroit Lions head coach.

The Detroit Lions may be zeroing in on their man, according to reports. He has a ton of Cowboys connections, and he may have beaten out another Cowboys alum for the job.

Current Saints assistant head coach and tight ends coach Dan Campbell is said to be the leading candidate for the Lions’ head coaching job. Campbell played tight end for Dallas for three seasons, leaving for Detroit after the 2005 season once it became clear that Jason Witten would be an immovable fixture in the Cowboys’ starting lineup at the position.

Now according to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport and Tom Pelissero, the 44-year-old Campbell may be returning to the Motor City as the man in charge.

Campbell was a third-round pick by the Giants in 1999. The Texas A&M product appeared in Super Bowl XXXV as a rookie.

When Bill Parcells took over as Dallas’s coach in 2003, Campbell was one of the first free agents signed. But the immediate splash made by the rookie Witten relegated Campbell to, primarily, a blocker.

In 2004, Campbell played in three games before going on injured reserve with a foot injury. The following season, he missed just ten days of practice following an appendectomy and came back to start all four preseason games. During the season, he started 12 games alongside Witten in the two-tight end set run by the Cowboys offense.

Over his three seasons in Dallas, the gritty and hard-nosed Campbell played in 35 games. He caught 25 balls for 235 yards and two touchdowns.

Campbell played three seasons with Detroit before heading to New Orleans, where he was signed by his former Cowboys offensive coordinator Sean Payton. Despite spending the year on IR, Campbell earned a championship ring for the Saints’ win in Super Bowl XLIV. He retired after the 2009 season.

After progressing through the coaching ranks in Miami (under former Dallas assistant Tony Sparano) and even acting as interim head coach there in 2015 (when current Cowboys offensive line coach Joe Philbin was ousted by the Dolphins), Campbell was reunited once again with Payton in New Orleans, where he’s been since.

Detroit, having just hired a new executive vice president/general manager on Thursday, was expected to interview Tampa Bay Buccaneers defensive coordinator- and Cowboys secondary coach from 2005 to 2007- Todd Bowles for the head coach position Friday. The two sides have decided to cancel that interview, though, as per NFL Network’s Mike Garafolo.

Despite not even having had a face-to-face meeting, the Lions gig appears to be Campbell’s to lose.

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Lions head coach search zeroing in on Saints assistant Dan Campbell

The Detroit Lions have identified New Orleans Saints assistant head coach Dan Campbell as the favorite candidate to replace Matt Patricia.

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Sean Payton’s coaching tree could soon grow a new branch. The Detroit Lions have identified New Orleans Saints assistant Dan Campbell as the favorite among their candidates to replace fired coach Matt Patricia, so much so that the team canceled an interview with Tampa Bay Buccaneers defensive coordinator Todd Bowles, who was also interested in the job. Campbell previously interviewed with the Lions virtually, before the hiring of general manager Brad Holmes.

The Lions’ pool of candidates was also thinned down as their options were snapped up by rival teams. San Francisco 49ers defensive coordinator Robert Saleh was hired by the New York Jets, while Tennessee Titans offensive play caller Arthur Smith was offered to work with the Atlanta Falcons.

As reported by NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport and Tom Pelissero, league rules dictate that in-person interviews cannot be conducted and new contracts cannot be signed until a coach’s current team has finished their season. That means the Lions want to wait until the Saints have either won Super Bowl LV or been eliminated from the playoffs to seal the deal with Campbell, much like the Falcons are on standby until Saints executive Terry Fontenot is available.

Campbell first got on the NFL’s radar as the Miami Dolphins interim head coach back in 2015, later returning to New Orleans (where he’d once played for Payton) to coach tight ends. He earned the assistant head coach title and now appears close to running his own team soon.

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Report: Dan Campbell is the favorite to be Lions next coach

Campbell, 44, played in the NFL from 1999-2009 for the Giants, Cowboys and Lions.

The Lions are back on the coaching search.

Per Ian Rapoport and Tom Pelissero of NFL.com, Detroit has focused on Saints assistant coach/tight ends coach Dan Campbell.

However, no interview has been done yet and won’t be done until the Saints’ season has ended.

Campbell, 44, played in the NFL from 1999-2009 for the Giants, Cowboys and Lions.

He’s been with the Saints since 2015. Prior to that, he was with the Dolphins from 2010-15.

He served as the interim head coach for the Dolphins for 12 games in 2015. that team went 5-7.

The Lions have been a complete dumpster fire lately. After finishing 9-7 in 2016 and 2017, the Lions were a combined 14-33-1 over the last three years under Matt Patricia.

Dan Campbell emerging as strong favorite to become the new Lions head coach

It’s still not a done deal with Campbell, and his timeline with the Saints prevents anything from being done until at least Monday

The Detroit Lions head coaching search took a couple of dramatic turns on Friday. A day after the team hired Rams director of collegiate scouting Brad Holmes as the general manager, it appears the leader to be the new head coach is Dan Campbell. The former Lions tight end is the assistant head coach and TE coach for the New Orleans Saints.

Campbell had an initial interview via Zoom with the Lions earlier this week. He is prohibited from meeting in person while he’s still active in the postseason.

Any hiring with “Danimal” cannot be made official until Campbell’s Saints are eliminated from the playoffs. New Orleans faces Tampa Bay in the NFC divisional round this weekend. But all signs point to Campbell, namely a report from NFL.com’s Ian Rapoport and Tom Pelissero,

Earlier in the day, two potential candidates canceled interviews with the Lions. Titans offensive coordinator Arthur Smith is poised to become the head coach for the Atlanta Falcons. Todd Bowles was also scheduled to interview with the Lions on Friday, but he canceled his trip.

In addition to those two candidates being out of the picture, early presumptive front-runner Robert Saleh accepted the head coaching job with the New York Jets.

It’s still not a done deal with Campbell, and his timeline with the Saints prevents anything from being done until at least Monday. The Saints-Buccaneers game is the final game on Sunday night.

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Poll: How would you feel about an Ed Dodds/Dan Campbell regime in Detroit?

Dodds and Campbell have ties together

One potential new general manager/head coach pairing for the Detroit Lions has surfaced this week. Current Indianapolis Colts assistant GM Ed Dodds and New Orleans Saints assistant head coach/TE coach Dan Campbell have ties together and could be the next team to lead the Lions.

Dodds has been intricately involved in building perennial playoff teams in both Indianapolis and Seattle. Campbell was a tight end for the Lions who has also served as the interim head coach of the Miami Dolphins.

How would you react to the Dodds/Campbell pairing for Detroit?

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Lions officially interview Dan Campbell for the head coaching vacancy

Campbell has been with the Saints since 2016

Could Dan Campbell be the next head coach of the Detroit Lions? It’s a real possibility after the team formally interviewed Campbell for the job on Monday.

Campbell is the assistant head coach and tight ends coach for the New Orleans Saints, a role he’s held since the 2016 season. He does have a brief head coaching stint, taking over the Miami Dolphins on an interim basis in 2015 after the team fired Joe Philbin. His Dolphins went 5-7 under Campbell.

A former NFL tight end, Campbell is known for his intensity. He embraces the nickname “Danimal” and still looks like he could play in the NFL despite being 44 years old.