Lions to interview Bucs LB coach Larry Foote for defensive coordinator

The Lions’ plans to fill out their coaching staff could include a pair of additions from the Buccaneers.

Dave Birkett from Detroit Free Press reports that the Lions will interview the Bucs’ inside linebackers coach and add running game coordinator Larry Foote for their vacant defensive coordinator position. They are too employment is expected Tampa’s defensive line coach and game coordinator Kacy Rodgers as their defensive line coach.

Working for the Lions would be a homecoming for Foote. He attended high school in Detroit before going to Michigan and beginning a 13-year career as an NFL quarterback. Foote spent most of that time with the Steelers and won two Super Bowls, but also played one season with the Lions.

Foote began coaching with the Cardinals in 2015 and has been on Tampa’s staff since the 2019 season.