Lions Didn’t Make It To The Super Bowl, But The Awards Keep Coming In!

The awards keep coming in for our Detroit Lions.

The Sporting News named Dan Campbell as Coach of the Year and general manager Brad Holmes as Executive of the Year.  The Sporting News asked players, coaches, and executives to anonymously vote for the awards and were encouraged not to vote for members of their own team, meaning Campbell and Holmes were honored by their peers.

"Only head coaches were allowed to vote for Coordinator of the Year and Coach of the Year," the Sporting News wrote. "Only front-office staff and personnel decision-makers were allowed to vote for Executive of the Year."

The Lions' leaders were honored for their crucial role in helping Detroit have the most successful season in the franchise's past 30 years. Campbell was the first Lions coach to win the Sporting News Coach of the Year award, which began in 1947, while Holmes is the first Detroit executive to win the award since it started.

This is already Campbell’s second Coach of the Year honor after being named NFC coach of The year by the 101 Awards. 

The Detroit Lions have their eyes on the ultimate prize in the 2024 season after getting a taste of playoff success this season.

The Lions came excruciatingly short of reaching their first Super Bowl ever, crumbling in the second half vs. the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC championship game, and will now spend the next eight months figuring a way to return to that point and get over the hump before the 2024 season kicks off in September.

The Lions had one of the best seasons in franchise history in 2023. They won a franchise-record 14 games, which included back-to-back playoff victories for the first time since 1957, won their division for the first time since 1993 and advanced in the postseason for the first time since 1991. Despite the success, pain is going to linger for coaches and players because of the final chapter.

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