Detroit Lions announces hires of offensive and defensive coordinator

Allen Park, Michigan – The Lions of Detroit announced today the hiring of John Morton as an offensive coordinator and the promotion of Kelvin Sheppard to the defensive coordinator. The conditions of contract have not been disclosed.

John Morton – attacking coordinator

Serving as a senior Lions offensive assistant in 2022, Morton returned to Detroit as the team’s offensive coordinator in 2025. Between his stays in Detroit, Morton spent two seasons as a broncos game coordinator (2023-24 ), helping broncos qb bo bo bo bo bo nix counts for the second largest affected (29), the third most (376) and eighth yards by pass (3,775) by a quarter recruit in the history of The NFL in 2024.

Launching itself in its 23rd NFL season in 2025, the previous experience of Morton in the NFL includes the function of senior offensive assistant of the Raiders (2019-21), the offensive coordinator of the New York Jets (2017), L ‘Large receptor coach of New Orleans (2015-16). , San Francisco 49ers’s Wide Receivers / Passing Game Coach (2011-14), Saints’s Offensive Assistant / Passing Game Coach (2006), as well as a variety of roles of offensive coaches with raiders from 1998 to 2004. His first experience as The NFL came with the Raiders staff service in 1997.

In 2005, Morton was coach of the receivers of passers / receivers at the University of San Diego and from 2007 to 2000, he occupied various roles on the offensive side of the ball at the USC, including the attacking coordinator. Originally from Rochester Hills, Michigan, and a graduate of western Michigan, Morton entered the NFL as a free agent not drafted in 1993 and had team and training camp sessions as Large receiver with raiders, Green Bay Packers and Jacksonville Jaguars during 1993 -96 seasons. He also played with the Argonauts de Toronto de la LCF from 1995 to 1996 and with the Frankfurt Galaxy of the NFL Europe in 1997.

Kelvin Sheppard – Defensive Coordinator

Sheppard enters his fifth season in Detroit and his first as a defensive coordinator of the Lions in 2025 after being previously as a team’s seconds of the team (2022-24) and coach of the outside seconds (2021). Under the supervision of Sheppard, LB Jack Campbell became the first player of the Lions to produce at least 85 plated and five plated for the loss in each of the first seasons of a player of a player since the start of the data in 1994, and LB Alex Anzalone (2022-23) became the fourth player in the history of the franchise to produce at least 125 plated in several seasons. In 2022, Sheppard helped guide the Malcolm Rodriguez LB to become the first recruit of Strait selected in the sixth round or at most to start week 1 of his same year of recovery since 1987.

Before entering the rows of coaches, Sheppard was initially selected by the Buffalo Bills in the third round (68th in total) of the draft of the 2011 NFL of LSU and divided eight seasons (2011-18) with the Bills, Indianapolis Colts, Miami Dolphins,. Giants and New York Lions. He appeared in 107 career games (63 departures) and recorded 400 plated in total, 3.0 bags and two interceptions. After his playing career, he returned to the LSU football program in 2020 as director of players’ development under head coach Ed Orgeron. In LSU, Sheppard was responsible for helping players in their academic direction, their social development and their global quality of life.