Six years after he was fired as Detroit Lions president, Tom Lewand is dipping his toes back into the football waters.
Lewand, Lions president in 2008-15, is joining the new spring football league, Major League Football, as a special executive consultant. In his role, Lewand will help MLF president and CEO Frank Murtha navigate the start-up of a league scheduled to launch in spring 2022.
"This wasn't something that just happened in the last week or so," Murtha said. "I think we had our first conversation when he was still at Shinola cause I was kind of looking around for candidates for what I was looking for.