The Lions fired Caldwell on Monday after a season in which the team raised hopes before fading and missing the playoffs with a 9-7 record. ALLEN PARK, MICH.—Jim Caldwell may have been the Detroit Lions’ most successful coach in the Super Bowl era. Lions general manager Bob Quinn said he wants a coach to take the team to the next level — post-season victories and championships. Caldwell received a multi-year contract extension before the season, but the team didn’t announce the move for months. Caldwell became Detroit’s first coach to have at three winning seasons in his first four years since the early 1950s.

Source: thestar January 01, 2018 18:00 UTC