Allen Park — The Detroit Lions filled another coaching vacancy on Saturday, hiring Brayden Coombs to be the special teams coordinator.
Coombs spent the previous 10 seasons with the Cincinnati Bengals. Despite the team having the worst record in football last season, special teams was a bright spot as the units were ranked first by the analytics website Football Outsiders.
In 2019, the Bengals ranked in the top-10 in kickoff return, field-goal percentage, punt coverage and kickoff coverage.
During his time in Cincinnati, Coombs worked in various roles, including offensive assistant (2012), quality control (2013-15), defensive quality control (2016-17) and offensive quality control (2018).