The Detroit Lions will now have to find a new leader for their defense. With Aaron Glenn departing to become the new head coach of the New York Jets, Dan Campbell will have to hire a new defensive coordinator.

With Aaron Glenn off to the Jets, here are five names to watch as the Lions search for their next defensive coordinator.

After interviewing 16 different people for the team’s head coaching vacancy, the New York Jets look like they have made their hire.

Larry Foote won 2 Super Bowls with Steelers as a player and another as an assistant coach with Bucs. He'll interview for Lions defensive coordinator.

A person with knowledge of the hiring says the New York Jets and Aaron Glenn have agreed to terms on making the Detroit Lions defensive coordinator their head coach.

According to Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press, the Lions are interviewing former Michigan Wolverines linebacker Larry Foote to fill the void at defensive coordinator left when Glenn departed to join the New York Jets.

The Detroit Lions have lost another coach, as defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn is set to become the new head coach of the New York Jets.

Aaron Glenn, Detroit Lions defensive coordinator, has been hired by the new York Jets as their next head coach.

The Detroit Lions' search for replacements for former defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn and former offensive coordinator Ben Johnson have begun. Follow along with our tracker for all of the latest news and rumors pertaining to the Lions' search for new coordinators.

Lions defensive line coach Terrell Williams, who worked with Mike Vrabel in Tennessee from 2018-2023, is leaving Detroit to become the Patriots defensive coordinator, sources tell @MikeReiss and me. Vrabel thought so highly of Williams that he had him serve as head coach of the… pic.twitter.com/sZdeQoT6NL

Terrell Williams spent six seasons working with new Patriots coach Mike Vrabel before coming to Detroit last winter.