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Marlowe Alter, Detroit Free Press
When Dan Campbell is officially named the next head coach of the Detroit Lions, he will bring at least one New Orleans Saints staff member.
The Lions are expected to add Aaron Glenn, Saints’ defensive coach, as their next defensive coordinator. According to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network Tuesday.
Glenn, 48, has coached the Saints’ backfield since 2016, and in 2014–15 worked as an assistant coach of DB at the Cleveland Browns. His top student is cornerback Marshon Lattimore, who has made three Pro Bowls in four seasons since the Saints drafted him in the first round of Ohio State in 2017.
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Lions leader Jeff Okudah endorsed the move, write on Twitter: “My 7V7 coach at @TheOpening back in HS! Let’s get to it” with a fist emoji.
Glenn played 15 seasons in the league at cornerback and was a three-time All-Pro and three-time Pro Bowl pick. The New York Jets placed 12th overall in the 1994 Texas A&M draft. Despite being 5 feet 9, he ended his career with 41 interceptions, and six returned for contact. He played for the Jets (1994–2001), Houston Texans (2002–04), Dallas Cowboys (2005–06), Jacksonville Jaguars (2007) and Saints (2008).
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Glenn interviewed the Jets and Tennessee Titans for their January 11 head coach vacancies.
The Lions are free to appoint Campbell, the Saints’ assistant head coach and coach, after New Orleans was ruled out of the playoffs on Sunday.
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