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Anthony Lynn officially has a new job.
Reports surfaced over the weekend that Lions would hire the former Chargers coach as an offensive coordinator, and Detroit announced the move on Wednesday afternoon.
The Lions were one of two potential landing sites after Los Angeles sacked Lynn after the 2020 season. He reportedly spoke to the Seahawks about his offensive coordinator job, which was up to Rams to pass game coordinator Shane Waldron.
Lynn had 33-31 in four seasons as the Chargers coach, going 1-1 in the postseason. After the Chargers went 9-7 and 12-4 in Lynn’s first two seasons in LA, the club was 5-11 and 7-9 in 2019 and 2020.
After finishing his playing career in 1999, Lynn spent most of his coaching career as a running back trainer. He was Bills’ offensive coordinator in 2016 and served as interim coach for the final game of the season after the club fired Rex Ryan.
Buffalo was 10th in points scored, 16th in yards and first in races in the year that Lynn served as CO.