New Detroit Lions coach Matt Patricia continues to round out his staff - with assistants who have ties to Syracuse.
The Lions announced the hiring of Brian Picucci as an offensive assistant and quality control coach today.
Picucci spent the last two seasons as running backs coach (2016) and run game coordinator (2017) at Maine, and has a long history working with running backs.
He played tight end and fullback at Syracuse in 1989-93, and is at least the sixth new addition to the coaching and video staffs who played or worked for the Orange.