Deshea Townsend Passing Game Coordinator Defensive Backs….
Deshea Townsend Passing Game Coordinator Defensive Backs….
Michigan’s Allen Park The following coaching staff additions were made public by the Detroit Lions today. The terms of the contract were not revealed.
Jim O’Neil, Assistant to the Defence
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The most recent position O’Neil held as an NFL coach was defensive coordinator at Northwestern (2021–2022). O’Neil previously worked as a defensive coordinator for the San Francisco 49ers (2016), as a defensive coordinator for the Las Vegas Raiders (2019–20), as a senior defensive
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assistant in 2018 (San Francisco Raiders), as a defensive coordinator for the Cleveland Browns (2014–15), as a defensive coordinator for the Buffalo Bills (2013––linebackers), and as an assistant defensive backs (2010) and defensive backs (New York Jets) in 2010–2012).
O’Neil worked as a coach in the NCAA for eight seasons before joining the NFL. He was the defensive coordinator and recruiting coordinator at Eastern
Michigan from 2006 to 2008, the graduate assistant at Northwestern from 2003 to 2004, and the assistant offensive line at Pennsylvania from 2002 to 2005….
