A look at how first-year Detroit Lions head coaches have fared since 1978. Video by Ryan Ford/DFP Wochit
Matt Patricia didn’t have a car, at least not that anyone remembers.
When he gave up a high-paying job as an engineer to start coaching football full-time as an assistant at tiny Amherst College in 1999, Patricia typically rode his bike to and from work.
That’s why, on a winter day shortly after his second season at the school, Patricia was pestering Amherst offensive coordinator Don Faulstick for a ride to a coaching clinic in Connecticut.