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Lions introduce Matt Patricia as head coach with 'great aspirations'

The Detroit Lions introduced new head coach Matt Patricia during a news conference Wednesday at the team's practice facility in Allen Park. Mandi Wright, Detroit Free Press

They forged their relationship in the 12 years they spent together in New England, when they took long car rides together to evaluate draft prospects and sat in each other's office late at night discussing players.

On Wednesday, Bob Quinn and Matt Patricia were reunited again, this time as Detroit Lions general manager and head coach, in a union that the long-suffering organization hopes will eventually lead it to Super Bowl-type success.