JUST IN: LIONS Club insider reveal details of Dan Campbell board meeting with Management over his future amid exit plans

Dan Campbell has the Detroit Lions on track for a division title and is a candidate for Coach of the Year, but one insider believes he could leave for a job at his alma mater.

According to The Athletic’s Bruce Feldman, Campbell could be a dark horse on the list of candidates to replace recently fired Texas A&M coach Jimbo Fisher. While Feldman doubted Campbell would leave an NFL contender he helped build from the ground up, he did note that Campbell’s name is beginning to circulate in connection with the job.

Dan Campbell Would Be a Great Add for the Aggies.
Feldman wrote that Campbell would be everything the Aggies want in a head coach, especially after transforming the Lions from an NFC doormat to a darkhorse Super Bowl contender.

“The 47-year-old Texas native played at Texas A&M,” Feldman wrote. “Campbell embodies everything we believe the school would want in a head coach, and if you’ve seen any clips of him in front of his team, you’ll understand why.” He has taken over an abysmal franchise and has the city believing that a Super Bowl is finally on the horizon.”

Feldman added that convincing Campbell to leave the Lions would be difficult, and it would likely require a significant financial commitment beyond what the Lions could offer.

“Could A&M lure him home despite all that he has done and is doing in Detroit, getting all the buy-in he has gotten?” Feldman put pen to paper. “It seems unlikely that he’d walk away from all of that.” According to one source, “the timing for him (with A&M) is horrible.”

The Lions have arrived at the right time.
While the Aggies are a storied college football program looking for a new direction, the Lions are on a completely different path. Campbell has helped the team live up to the high expectations that were placed on them at the start of the season, when the Lions were expected to win the division and host a playoff game for the first time in two decades.

Campbell’s praise grew louder on Sunday, when his brave fourth-down call helped the Lions beat the Los Angeles Chargers in a shootout. Campbell chose to keep the offense on the field rather than send Riley Patterson out for a 43-yard field goal with the game tied at 38 and the Lions facing a fourth down.

The Lions converted the first down, ran down the clock, and kicked the game-winning field goal as time expired, giving Justin Herbert and the Chargers no chance to respond.

The call earned Campbell widespread praise, according to Jared Ramsey of the Detroit Free Press.

“The energy surrounding the Lions from fans is palpable,” Ramsey said in a statement. “The back-and-forth victory over a playoff team from last year demonstrated that Detroit is built for big moments and is ready to return to the postseason.” Despite the errors, fans recognized that this was the type of game that old Lions teams would fumble away rather than win with clutch playcalling. It was also another strong showing by visiting Lions fans, who took over SoFi Stadium.