Lions' List of Head Coach Candidates (Updated on Jan. 6)

by Sean Yuille on Jan 6, 2009 1:38 AM EST in Detroit Lions News

Since there have been so many changes since I originally posted this, below is an updated version of the Lions' list of head coach candidates. I decided to go ahead and add Brian Billick to the list, even though there are conflicting reports about whether or not he is actually a candidate. I tend to think he isn't, but I added him to the list anyways. I did the same with Jim Harbaugh, though I don't want to believe he is actually a candidate.

Anyways, here is the updated version of the list:

Coach	Team	Current Job	Interview
Brian Billick	None	Color commentator for FOX	TBD
Todd Bowles	Dolphins	Assistant/Secondary Coach	Yes (January 7)
Leslie Frazier	Vikings	Defensive Coordinator	Yes (January 9)
Jason Garrett	Cowboys	Offensive Coordinator	Yes (January 5)
Jerry Gray	Redskins	Secondary Coach	Yes (January 2)
Jim Harbaugh	Stanford	Head Coach	TBD
Mike Heimerdinger	Titans	Offensive Coordinator	TBD
Josh McDaniels	Patriots	Offensive Coordinator	TBD
Mike Mularkey	Falcons	Offensive Coordinator	TBD
Ron Rivera	Chargers	Defensive Coordinator	TBD
Rex Ryan	Ravens	Defensive Coordinator	TBD
Jim Schwartz	Titans	Defensive Coordinator	Yes (January 3)
Mike Shanahan	None	None	TBD
Steve Spagnuolo	Giants	Defensive Coordinator	Yes (January 1)

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I want them to hire a defense guy

My order would be Ryan, Spagnuolo, Schwartz and Rivera. I hope they don’t interview Harbaugh or Bowles. Decent list of candidates, though. I think a lot of them will be heading up teams next season.

"A child of five would understand this. Send someone to fetch a child of five." ~Groucho Marx

by Jettero2112 on Jan 6, 2009 11:45 AM EST reply actions

Picking Harbaugh for the Lions coach probably wouldn’t be a good move, I agree…but, I gotta say, the guy has an eternal spot in my book and in my heart…

One of my all time fave games, any sport, was his “snowball’s chance in hell game”….1986, Ohio State is rampaging over everybody, and this guy guarantees victory, saying he doesn’t care that the game is in Columbus, he wouldn’t care if it was in the parking lot or wherever, a truly ridiculous over the top bulletin board X 10 guarantee of victory, but I’ll be damned if he didn’t go down there and pull off the upset.

When you’re 11, that’s the kind of thing that makes an athlete into a hero….

by ahtrap on Jan 6, 2009 1:31 PM EST reply actions

Cal v. Stanford

I think Spags is the hotter commodity, so I wouldn’t mind seeing Rivera get it. I was at Cal with him. He could play, and he can coach. And since I live a few minutes from Stanford, lemme also say that the Lions can have tha guy too. He’s got the farm on the upswing, so as a Cal grad, I can take my chances that an eventual replacement would send the cardinal back to the bottom, instead of challenging my beloved Golden Bears for heartbreak supremacy. Lions, Tigers, and Bears. I still have the Dodgers too, though. Oh my.

What I can’t yet understand is why anyone would want the Lions job knowing WCFord Field and the lewand/mayhew tag team is still in charge…?

by Rollah on Jan 6, 2009 6:30 PM EST reply actions