Halfway through this NFL season, 31 of 32 teams have won a game. Dan Campbell is coaching the other one. His Lions have struggled even by Lions standards. But look closer, and you see that he might just pull off one of the hardest tasks in sports: creating a winning culture while his team loses.
From the moment Detroit granted Matthew Stafford’s request for a trade last winter, Campbell has been coaching a rebuilding team—which happens all the time in sports and yet is still so much harder than most people realize. Campbell is not just preparing for games.