On Friday morning, the Detroit Lions made three coaching hires official. Mark Brunell is the new quarterbacks coach, Duce Staley is the running backs coach and assistant head coach, and Mark DeLeone is the inside linebackers coach.
Although all three of those hires had been previously reported, there are a few interesting notes. First, in the Lions mentioned an interesting fact about Brunell: he has been mentoring quarterbacks at the past five NFL combines as part of the NFL Legends community. With the Lions almost certainly in the market for a rookie quarterback this offseason, Brunell comes with some built-in experience working with young guys—not to mention his 19-year career as an NFL quarterback.