Detroit Lions highlight coaching staff’s connections to New Orleans Saints
#TBT: Some of our coaching staff when they played for New Orleans
Clockwise from top: Dan Campbell, Mark Brunell, Aaron Glenn, JT Barrett pic.twitter.com/qbptkxKhgE
— Detroit Lions (@Lions) December 1, 2023
The Detroit Lions connections to the New Orleans Saints run deep. Prior to the two teams facing off in Week 13, the Lions highlighted former Saints players now on the Detroit coaching staff. We’ve broken down the connections on each roster in depth here.
Dan Campbell and Aaron Glenn may be best remembered by Saints fans for their time as Saints coaches, but they also once donned the fleur-de-lis on their helmet as well. Glenn and Campbell both played for the Saints in the final year of their career, 2008 and 2009 respectively.
Those two are joined by former Saints quarterbacks J.T. Barrett and Mark Brunell. Brunell was a backup quarterback in New Orleans in 2008 and 2009. His time overlapped with Campbell and Glenn. Barrett is the youngest of the four. He started his career with the Saints in 2018. Like Brunell, Barrett was with the Saints the same time as Campbell and Glenn. The difference is the two were coaches for New Orleans by this time. On Sunday, these four return to a place they once called home as coaches of the opponent.
