The Detroit Lions are bringing back a familiar face to their coaching staff.
The team announced Tuesday it has hired John Bonamego as its special teams coordinator, a position he held with the Lions from 2013-14. Bonamego spent the past four seasons as the Central Michigan head football coach, before he was fired following a 1-11 season.
Bonamego has spent 16 years in the NFL as a coach, including stops as special-teams coordinator with the Green Bay Packers (2003-05), New Orleans Saints (2006-07), Miami Dolphins (2008-10) and Jacksonville Jaguars 2012, the franchise he started with in 1999 as an assistant special-teams coach.