Lions announce full coaching staff for 2025 with several new hires
With a week to go before the 2025 NFL Scouting Combine, the Detroit Lions have formally finalized their coaching staff for the coming season. The Lions updated coaching list includes several names not previously publicly reported.
First, the full list from the Lions press release:
Among the coaches new to Detroit are offensive coordinator John Morton and defensive line coach/run game coordinator Kacy Rodgers, plus tight ends coach Tyler Roehl, running backs coach Tashard Choice, and offensive assistant Bruce Gradkowski.
Some recent additions that haven't been widely reported or confirmed before this press release include offensive assistant Marques Tuiasosopo, offensive quality control coach Justin Mesa and defensive assistants August Mangin and Caleb Collins.
Tuiasosopo effectively fills the vacancy created when J.T. Barrett left with former OC Ben Johnson to the Chicago Bears. The former UCLA quarterback has been coaching various offensive positions for over a decade, including work with the Rice QBs for the last few seasons.
Mesa has worked with wide receivers, tight ends and special teams at Washington State for the last four years and has also served as a high school head coach.
Collins is an outside LB coach, where he's worked at Baylor since 2020. He's a former college LB himself. Mangin comes from the San Francisco 49ers and has primarily worked with special teams and game management in his four years with San Francisco. He was a college teammate of DC Kelvin Sheppard at LSU.
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