{"id":689642,"date":"2026-01-19T21:46:25","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T21:46:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/689642\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T21:46:25","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T21:46:25","slug":"detroit-lions-hire-drew-petzing-as-offensive-coordinator-per-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/689642\/","title":{"rendered":"Detroit Lions hire Drew Petzing as offensive coordinator, per reports"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Detroit Lions<\/a> hired Drew Petzing as offensive coordinator, according to multiple reports, as the quest to find Ben Johnson’s suitable and long-term replacement for head coach Dan Campbell entered its second phase.<\/p>\n

Petzing was the Arizona Cardinals’ offensive coordinator for the past three seasons, but he was not retained along with the rest of Jonathan Gannon’s staff following the 2025 season. Prior to his stint with Arizona, Petzing coached wide receivers, quarterbacks and tight ends with the Minnesota Vikings<\/a> and Cleveland Browns<\/a> and learned in Kevin Stefanski’s system.<\/p>\n

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Campbell initially tapped John Morton to succeed Johnson, who was hired to be the Chicago Bears<\/a>‘ head coach a year ago after his success with the Lions caused him to become the hottest name on the coaching carousel for more than one cycle.<\/p>\n

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Detroit’s counting stats \u2013 the Lions finished the season ranked fourth in scoring and fifth in yards per game \u2013 hid the step back the offense took in 2025. Campbell took over play-calling duties in November and Detroit missed the playoffs at 9-8 one season after being the NFC’s No. 1 seed and winning 15 games.<\/p>\n

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Week 1: Detroit Lions wide receiver Isaac TeSlaa (18) makes a catch for a touchdown<\/a> against the Green Bay Packers during the fourth quarter at Lambeau Field. The play was originally ruled an incomplete pass, but the call was overturned. Despite TeSlaa’s effort, the Packers won the game 27-13.<\/p>\n

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Week 1: Detroit Lions wide receiver Isaac TeSlaa (18) makes a catch for a touchdown<\/a> against the Green Bay Packers during the fourth quarter at Lambeau Field. The play was originally ruled an incomplete pass, but the call was overturned. Despite TeSlaa’s effort, the Packers won the game 27-13.<\/p>\n

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Week 1: The New England Patriots’ Robert Spillane (14) and Christian Elliss (53) tackle Las Vegas Raiders tight end Michael Mayer (87) during the second half at Gillette Stadium. The Raiders won the game, 20-13.<\/p>\n

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Week 1: New York Giants quarterback Russell Wilson (3) fumbles the ball on a tackle by Washington Commanders safety Will Harris (3) during the first quarter at Northwest Stadium. It was a rough Giants debut for Wilson (17 of 37 passing for 168 yards) as the Commanders won the game, 21-6.<\/p>\n

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Week 1: Fireworks go off before the NFL Kickoff Game between the Philadelphia Eagles and Dallas Cowboys at Lincoln Financial Field. The defending Super Bowl champion Eagles opened the season with a 24-20 victory over their longtime NFC East rivals.<\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Drew Petzing is Dan Campbell, Lions’ offensive coordinator: Reports<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Detroit Lions hired Drew Petzing as offensive coordinator, according to multiple reports, as the quest to find…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":689643,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2071],"tags":[390,1035,391,54,6214,146,113,2506,24101,7,7062,8591,147,7866,259,6,12611,13240],"class_list":{"0":"post-689642","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-detroit-lions","8":"tag-arizona-cardinals","9":"tag-ben-johnson","10":"tag-chicago-bears","11":"tag-cleveland-browns","12":"tag-dan-campbell","13":"tag-detroit","14":"tag-detroit-lions","15":"tag-detroitlions","16":"tag-drew-petzing","17":"tag-football","18":"tag-jonathan-gannon","19":"tag-kevin-stefanski","20":"tag-lions","21":"tag-mike-mccarthy","22":"tag-minnesota-vikings","23":"tag-nfl","24":"tag-offensive-coordinator","25":"tag-petzing"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115923964006463106","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/689642","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=689642"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/689642\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/689643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=689642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=689642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=689642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}