.jpg) Campbell as Detroit Lions head coach, 2022 | |||||||||
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||
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| Position: | Head coach | ||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||
| Born: | April 13, 1976 Clifton, Texas, U.S. | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 265 lb (120 kg) | ||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||
| High school: | Glen Rose (Glen Rose, Texas) | ||||||||
| College: | Texas A&M (1995–1998) | ||||||||
| NFL draft: | 1999 / round: 3 / pick: 79 | ||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||
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| Head coaching record | |||||||||
| Regular season: | 38–34–1 (.527) | ||||||||
| Postseason: | 2–1 (.667) | ||||||||
| Career: | 40–35–1 (.533) | ||||||||
| Record at Pro Football Reference | |||||||||
Daniel Allen Campbell (born April 13, 1976) is an American professional football coach and former tight end who is the head coach of the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL). He served as the assistant head coach and tight ends coach for the New Orleans Saints from 2016 to 2020 and also served as an assistant coach for the Miami Dolphins from 2010 to 2015, again as the tight ends coach and then as the interim head coach for most of the 2015 season. In the 2023 season, Campbell led the Lions to their first division title since 1993, their first playoff win since 1991, and their second ever NFC championship appearance.
Campbell played college football for Texas A&M. He was drafted by the New York Giants in the third round of the 1999 NFL draft, and played in the NFL for the Dallas Cowboys, Detroit Lions, and New Orleans Saints. Campbell played in the Super Bowl with the Giants in 2000, and was a member of the Saints team that won the Super Bowl in 2009.