The Detroit Lions have a new coach. According to several different sources—the Centre Daily Times was first on it—the Lions are hiring Penn State defensive line coach John Scott Jr.
At this point, the exact role of Scott on the Lions coaching staff has not been explicitly reported. That said, the Lions lost their own defensive line coach in Todd Wash, who took the defensive line coach job with the Carolina Panthers earlier this month. Scott seems like the obvious replacement for Wash, considering his entire coaching career has been with the defensive line, but it’s also possible he’ll be the assistant for that position in Detroit.