Micro Mike breaks down 10 key differences between former Head Coach Matt Patricia and current Head Coach Dan Campbell. Micro Mike explains why they are so different and if this can result in success for the Lions going forward.
Campbell brings 22 years of NFL experience to the Lions, including 11 years as a coach and 11 as a player. He most recently served as the assistant head coach/tight ends coach for the New Orleans Saints, a position he held since 2016.
During the span of his five-year coaching tenure with New Orleans, the club captured four NFC South division titles, ranked first in the NFL in points scored (2,361), touchdowns (277), net yardage (31,147) and posted the third-most wins (56) in the League. In 2019, Campbell helped coach TE Jared Cook to a Pro Bowl berth.
In 2015, Campbell became the Miami Dolphins’ interim head coach, where he took over a 1-3 team and guided them to a 5-7 finish. Under Campbell, Miami improved eight spots in the NFL’s rushing yards per game rankings and saw five Dolphins selected to the Pro Bowl in 2015. Campbell initially joined the Dolphins in 2010 as a coaching intern before overseeing the tight ends unit for five seasons (2011-15).
Campbell entered the NFL coaching ranks following an 11-year playing career with the New York Giants (1999-2002), Dallas Cowboys (2003-05), Detroit Lions (2006-08) and New Orleans Saints (2009). A third-round selection by the New York Giants in the 1999 NFL Draft, the former tight end appeared in 114 total career games (76 starts) and caught 91 passes for 934 yards and 11 touchdowns. He becomes the fifth former Lions player to be named full-time head coach for the team and the first since Joe Schmidt, who played for Detroit from 1953-65 and served as head coach from 1967-72.
A Clifton, Texas native, Campbell attended Texas A&M, where he was a four-year letterman for the Aggies and majored in agricultural development. Campbell and his wife, Holly, have a son, Cody, and a daughter, Piper.
Matt Patricia wasn’t out of work for long.
The fired Lions coach is returning to New England in a new role that will combine scouting and working with the Patriots’ coaching staff, NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported Friday.
Patricia heads back to Massachusetts following a disappointing stint in Detroit, where the coach finished with a 13-29-1 record in three seasons. He was fired by the Lions following the team’s blowout loss at home on Thanksgiving, bringing an end to a once-hopeful tenure.
Patricia served as Bill Belichick’s defensive coordinator from 2012-2017, earning his second and third Super Bowl victories in that span. He won his first as an offensive assistant in his first year with the Patriots in 2004.
After three years away from New England, Patricia is returning to where he spent his NFL coaching career prior to accepting the Lions job. His new job is intriguing considering he hasn’t held any formal front office job in his time in the pro game, but could end up being valuable experience on a staff in which Belichick’s personnel desires end up guiding the organization’s direction.
We won’t go as far as saying it’s a position in which Belichick could groom Patricia to one day take his seat, but it sure wouldn’t hurt. And above all, Patricia is back where he found the success that led him to a head-coaching opportunity in Detroit.
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