There’s something about Memorial Day weekend that gets me in my historian mode. The Detroit Lions have been through a lot of coaches in their history. Dan Campbell makes 30. That’s tied for second most of any team in NFL history. Somehow the Cardinals have gone through 42 coaches. Don’t ask me how.
Being that I was in this historian mood, I spent Memorial Day weekend going back in time and taking a look at each Lions head coach. Follow along. Bring your tissues. You’re gonna need them.
Hal Griffen (1930)
Hal Griffen was the Lions first coach ever, though the team was still technically the Portsmouth Spartans at the time.