The Detroit Lions have their next Offensive Coordinator.
According to a report from NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero, the Lions are promoting tight ends coach Ben Johnson to be their next offensive coordinator.
Johnson, a former college quarterback at North Carolina, began his coaching career at Boston College in 2009. Johnson became an offensive assistant for the Miami Dolphins in 2012 and spent the next seven seasons coaching quarterbacks, wide receivers, and tight ends. In 2020, Johnson came to Detroit to be their tight ends coach under then-coach Matt Patricia, but when Dan Campbell was hired in 2021, Johnson was retained.