DETROIT – The Detroit Lions have hired Darrell Bevell as the new offensive coordinator, the team announced Wednesday.
Bevell most recently spent seven seasons, from 2011-17, with the Seattle Seahawks as the offensive coordinator. During his time in Seattle, Bevell helped the Seahawks appear in the playoffs in five of his seven seasons.
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Seattle reached two consecutive Super Bowls (XLVIII, XLIX) during Bevell’s tenure, including a win over the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XLVIII.
Bevell was named Seattle’s offensive coordinator after spending five seasons, from 2006-10, in the same role with the Minnesota Vikings.
Before his time in Minnesota, Bevell worked with the Green Bay Packers for six years, from 2000-05, serving the last three as quarterbacks' coach.
He began his coaching career in 1996 as the passing game coordinator and quarterbacks' coach at Westmar University before becoming a graduate assistant at Iowa State in 1997.
A former quarterback at the University of Wisconsin, Bevell was a four-year starter for the Badgers. He left as the school’s all-time leading passer with 19 team records.
Bevell is a native of Yuma, Arizona. He and his wife, Tammy, have three daughters: Kylie, Morgan and Hailey.