DETROIT. (News 10) – Detroit Lions owner Sheila Ford Hamp announced in a press release Wednesday that Richard Haddad will be the organization\u2019s next president and CEO. Haddad is currently the Pistons\u2019 COO and will begin his new role with the Lions in September.<\/p>\n
\u201cRich is a proven leader who understands what it means to steward an iconic sports franchise in the city of Detroit, and we are thrilled that he is bringing that experience to the Lions,\u201d Hamp said. <\/a>\u201cThroughout our process, Rich\u2019s experience, steady leadership style, and grasp on the present and future state of team sports were clear differentiators. My family and I are excited to work with Rich on driving the Lions forward in our continued pursuit to bring a championship to Detroit.\u201d<\/p>\n Rod Wood currently holds the CEO and president roles with the Lions and helped choose his successor, as he had previously announced his retirement.<\/p>\n Stream News 10 Lansing on your favorite devices! Here\u2019s how to download the News 10+ app on Roku, Fire TV or Apple TV.<\/a><\/p>\n Be the first to see the Mid-Michigan headlines you care about \u2013 download the News 10+ app<\/a> and subscribe to our News 10 newsletter<\/a> and YouTube page<\/a> to receive the latest local news and weather.<\/p>\n Copyright 2026 WILX. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DETROIT. (News 10) – Detroit Lions owner Sheila Ford Hamp announced in a press release Wednesday that Richard…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":965648,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2071],"tags":[31140,146,113,2506,8078,7,127076,147,4247,6,38168,15857,21872,20522,46472],"class_list":["post-965647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-detroit-lions","tag-ceo","tag-detroit","tag-detroit-lions","tag-detroitlions","tag-executive","tag-football","tag-haddad","tag-lions","tag-local-news","tag-nfl","tag-pistons","tag-president","tag-richard","tag-rod","tag-wood"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/117047718331608031","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/965647","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=965647"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/965647\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/965648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=965647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=965647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=965647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}