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Lions will hire Duce Staley as RB coach and assistant head coach

Staley has been the Eagles RB coach since 2013

The coaching staff around Detroit head man Dan Campbell is filling in quickly. The Lions have hired Duce Staley as the team’s new running backs coach and assistant head coach.

Staley comes to Detroit from the Philadelphia Eagles, where he held the same positions for the last three seasons. He has been the RB coach in Philadelphia since 2013.

The former NFL running back also spent time coaching special teams with the Eagles. Staley played his first seven seasons in Philadelphia, topping 1,000 yards rushing three times. He finished his career in 2005 with the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Staley will work under new offensive coordinator Anthony Lynn, himself a former RB coach. The Lions kept OL coach Hank Fraley from the prior staff.

Several reports indicate ex-Lions OC Darrell Bevell will be the Jaguars offensive coordinator

Bevell will work under Urban Meyer and likely get to coach Trevor Lawrence

Darrell Bevell has quickly found a new team after being passed over in the Detroit Lions head coaching search. Several reports, including fresh updates from NFL.com’s Tom Pelissero and Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press, incident Bevell will be the new offensive coordinator for the Jacksonville Jaguars.

The move is not yet official but could be finalized quickly. Bevell was the Lions offensive coordinator for the last two seasons, and he also took over as the interim head coach in Detroit when the team fired Matt Patricia with five games to play in the 2020 season.

In Jacksonville, Bevell will work under new head coach Urban Meyer, who was hired last week to turn around the Jaguars. Jacksonville went 1-15 in 2020, losing their final 15 games and firing Doug Marrone in the process. They are widely expected to use the No. 1 overall pick in the 2021 NFL draft on Clemson QB Trevor Lawrence. Bevell’s impressive body of work with Matthew Stafford — the No. 1 overall pick in 2009 — is a nice feather in his coaching cap.

The Lions are interviewing candidates to be Bevell’s replacement as Detroit’s offensive coordinator, including Ravens QB coach James Urban and Steelers WR coach Ike Hilliard.

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