What the Detroit Lions 2025 coaching staff looks like so far, who’s switching positions and where the new guys are slotting in

The Detroit Lions lost a lot of coaches this offseason and it has caused them to have to go out and reload with new guys. So far they’ve made a bunch of different hires and with all these racking up, it’s getting hard to keep track of. 

So here’s a layout of what the staff is looking like right now and where some of the new guys are going to be coaching as well as what roles are still open. 

Offense

Ok, so we learned that Montgomery is staying on as the Lions’ assistant head coach and that he will be taking over the receivers coach job now that Randle El is in Chicago. We also learned that Roehl, who coached tight ends at North Dakota State, will be the Lions’ new tight ends coach. 

Let’s take a look at the offensive assistants:

Really the big one here is the assistant quarterback coach job. It makes all the sense in the world that Gradkowski gets that, but we have not heard anything about it yet, so we can’t report it. We can only speculate. 

Defense

There’s not a whole lot of change going on for the defense. Most of the staff remains intact. Shepperd and Hamilton both got promoted and Rodgers is in as the defensive line coach. We’re waiting to see who will be hired for the assistant defensive line coach job and the assistant linebackers coach job. 

Special teams

No changes here at all.