The Detroit Lions are staying with Jim Caldwell as their head coach, the team announced Friday.
"After spending a significant amount of time together, it is clear that our football philosophies are very similar," new general manager Dan Quinn said Friday.
Caldwell was hired by the Lions in January 2014 and immediately turned around the struggling franchise, going 11-5 in his first season. Things quickly fell apart, though, as his team was the last winless team in the NFL in the 2015 season and started the year 1-7.
That 1-7 start led to the firings of team president Tom Lewand and general manager Martin Mayhew and had Caldwell on the hot seat for the remainder of the season.