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Dan Campbell Says Duuuuuuuce Staley Won’t be a “Token Assistant” with Lions

Kevin Kinkead

By Kevin Kinkead

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Eric Hartline - USA Today Sports

So this Lions head coach is a piece of work. Seems like a really entertaining and crazy and unique dude.

Dan Campbell is his name, and he’s a first-time head coach, having earned the gig after ten seasons in lesser roles with the Saints and Dolphins. He recently hired Duce Staley to be his assistant head coach and RB coach, same job as Duuuuuuce held in Philly, but provided an interesting quote when asked about the role he has in mind:

That’s a good quote. I think everybody was kind of caught off guard by the word “token” because of the racial connotation, but maybe Campbell didn’t mean it that way. Maybe it just came out in this fashion.

Regardless, this guy was an assistant to Sean Payton and got a head coaching gig, so it’s cool to hear that he’s going to give Duce an elevated role and involve him in as many things as possible. Maybe that will get Duce to the next level or help him become a head coach himself some day.

Kevin Kinkead

Kevin has been writing about Philadelphia sports since 2009. He spent seven years in the CBS 3 sports department and started with the Union during the team's 2010 inaugural season. He went to the academic powerhouses of Boyertown High School and West Virginia University. email - k.kinkead@sportradar.com

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