According to NFL Network's Ian Rapoport and Mike Garofolo, the team is promoting LBs coach Kelvin Sheppard to defensive coordinator. He'll take over for new New York Jets head coach Aaron Glenn.

The Detroit Lions just filled one of two major vacancies on their coaching staff, and they did so by gazing just a little further down the sidelines. After considering multiple defensive coordinator candidates,

The Detroit Lions coaching staff is going to look very different in 2025. They have already lost both of their coordinators, Aaron Glenn and Ben Johnson, to head coaching jobs, and several other assistants have followed them out of town.