Mark Brunell, Duce Staley Added to Lions' Coaching Staff

The Detroit Lions have hired former NFL quarterback Mark Brunell and running back Duce Staley to their coaching staff. 

Detroit mutually agreed to part ways with quarterback Matthew Stafford, a 2014 NFL Pro Bowler who has spent all 12 of his seasons with the Lions, earlier this month.

Brunell will coach the team's quarterbacks and will coach the team's next signal-caller. This marks Brunell's first NFL job since spending 19 years in the league as a player.

Brunell spent nine seasons with the Jaguars and spent time with the Washington Football Team (2004–07), the Saints (2008–09) and the Jets (2010–11). In his time with the Saints, he played with new Lions head coach Dan Campbell in 2009 in what was Campbell's final season as a player. 

Brunell finished his career with 32,072 yards, 184 touchdowns and 108 interceptions. He won a Super Bowl with the Saints as a backup and holder in 2009 and was named to the Pro Bowl in 1996, 1997 and 1999.

The Lions hired Staley as an assistant head coach and running backs coach. After a 10-year NFL career, Staley spent 10 seasons with the Eagles working from special teams to quality control coach. 

Staley interviewed for the Eagles' head coach position following the firing of Doug Pederson but Philadelphia ended up hiring Nick Sirianni.