It always seems like the more things change the more they stay the same for the Detroit Lions.
In addition to Jim Bob Cooter (or the ‘Coots’) the Lions will also bring back defensive coordinator Teryl Austin… unless of course something changes in another team’s head coaching search according to Justin Rogers of Mlive.com.
Austin began to make a little bit of a name for himself during the 2014 season when the Lions were rated at the top of the NFL in terms of overall defense. This past season though tended to be a bit of a struggle given the losses of Ndamukong Suh and Nick Fairley to free agency and DeAndre Levy to injury. However like the Coots, Austin seemed to take advantage of some lackluster competition at the end of 2015 as the opposition averaged 75 fewer yards and 11 fewer points during the final eight games of the season.
During this offseason, Austin once again garnered a nice amount of interest from teams looking for head coaches including the New York Giants, Philadelphia Eagles and the Tennessee Titans.