Report: Lions to Hire Eagles Defensive Backs Coach Cory Undlin as DC
ESPN’s Field Yates reported the Detroit Lions are hiring Philadelphia Eagles defensive backs coach Cory Undlin to be defensive coordinator.
The Lions are hiring Eagles defensive backs coach Cory Undlin as their new defensive coordinator, per league source.
— Field Yates (@FieldYates) January 13, 2020
Undlin and Lions head coach Matt Patricia both began their NFL careers together as coaching assistants with the Patriots in 2004.
Undlin has been in the NFL since 2004 and has been with New England, Cleveland, Denver, Jacksonville, and Philadelphia.