{"id":674196,"date":"2026-01-13T14:42:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T14:42:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/674196\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T14:42:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T14:42:17","slug":"lions-fans-hopeful-to-lock-up-mike-mcdaniel-as-next-detroit-oc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/674196\/","title":{"rendered":"Lions fans hopeful to lock up Mike McDaniel as next Detroit OC"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former Miami Dolphins<\/a> head coach Mike McDaniel is set to interview with the Detroit Lions on Tuesday<\/a> for the Lions<\/a>‘ vacant offensive coordinator position.<\/p>\n

McDaniel also interviewed for the Atlanta Falcons<\/a>‘ head coaching job on Monday and will reportedly interview for the Cleveland Browns<\/a>, Tennessee Titans<\/a> and Baltimore Ravens<\/a>‘ head coaching jobs this week, too.<\/p>\n

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Viewed as one of the top offensive minds in the NFL, McDaniel’s employment is in high demand. The 42-year-old orchestrated the NFL’s top total offense and No. 2 scoring offense in the 2023 season with the Dolphins<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In 2025, Miami running back De’Von Achane was one of the league’s top five rushers, totaling 1,350 yards and eight touchdowns on 238 carries.<\/p>\n

As McDaniel continues the interview process, many Lions fans are hopeful and determined to see McDaniel as Detroit’s new offensive coordinator in 2026.<\/p>\n

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This article originally appeared on Lions Wire: Lions fans hopeful to lock up Mike McDaniel as next Detroit OC<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former Miami Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel is set to interview with the Detroit Lions on Tuesday for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":674197,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2071],"tags":[254,117,54,146,113,2506,7,10807,147,251,4836,6,394,1118],"class_list":["post-674196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-detroit-lions","tag-atlanta-falcons","tag-baltimore-ravens","tag-cleveland-browns","tag-detroit","tag-detroit-lions","tag-detroitlions","tag-football","tag-gibbs","tag-lions","tag-miami-dolphins","tag-mike-mcdaniel","tag-nfl","tag-tennessee-titans","tag-teslaa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115888321041504997","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/674196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=674196"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/674196\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/674197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=674196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=674196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=674196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}