Former offensive coordinator Ben Johnson is off to Chicago to lead the Bears. Former defensive Aaron Glenn is now the head coach of the New York Jets. Both will be missed in Detroit, but Campbell and company must move forward with the assistants remaining. That process has already begun.

Tim Twentyman takes a look at five things to know about new Detroit Lions defensive coordinator Kelvin Sheppard.

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 Lions lost offensive coordinator Ben Johnson, now head coach of the Chicago Bears, and defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn, the next New York Jets coach, and will spend the first part of the 2025 offseason looking for replacements. Head coach Dan Campbell is looking for his third offensive coordinator since taking over in January 2021.

Morton was Detroit’s senior offensive assistant in 2022 under head coach Dan Campbell before heading to Denver to be the club’s passing game coordinator for the last two seasons. He previously worked with Campbell in New Orleans in 2016 when Campbell was the team’s tight ends coach and Morton was the receivers coach.

Dan Campbell is promoting Kelvin Sheppard to Detroit Lions defensive coordinator, filling void of Aaron Glenn, who took New York Jets head coach job.

Detroit Lions defensive line coach Terrell Williams agreed Wednesday to join new New England Patriots coach ... And linebackers coach Kelvin Sheppard has been groomed as Glenn's potential replacement.

The Detroit Lions finished the 2024 season with a 15-2 record and the NFC’s No. 1 seed. Understandably, that success prompted teams with coaching vacancies to t

The Lions already hired Kacy Rodgers as the new run game coordinator and defensive line coach. Rodgers is taking over for Terrell Williams, who left Detroit to become the defensive coordinator of the New England Patriots. Read all the best Lions coverage at the Detroit Free Press and Lions Wire.

The Lions are promoted linebackers coach Kelvin Sheppard to defensive coordinator. Sheppard, 37, joined Dan Campbell’s initial Lions staff as outside linebackers coach in 2021 and has overseen the entire unit the past three seasons.