Lions coach Dan Campbell is selling his home in Bloomfield Hills, Mich., a northwest suburb of Detroit, due to security concerns, he told Crain’s Detroit Business this week.
Campbell told Crain’s he loved the neighborhood and called the home — a 7,800-square-foot mansion on two acres — “beautiful,” but said, “It’s just that people figured out where we lived when we lost.”
The Campbell family filed a police report after they were harassed and pranked at their home following multiple losses last season, including a 34-31 loss to the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC Championship Game, according to Fox 2.
The Bloomfield Township Police Department released a statement this week saying it is “committed to the safety of all of our residents” and “harassment of any kind will not be tolerated.”
“We hope that everyone, including fans, will respect the privacy of individuals and their families,” police said, per the report.
When asked Friday about his safety, Campbell said, “I don’t even want to go there with any of it. … It’s all good.”
“My primary job here is to coach this team and have them prepared every week, and I’ve got to do my job. And that’s the sole focus,” he said.
Despite the reported harassment, Campbell’s message to fans was positive ahead of the Lions’ matchup against the Cardinals in Arizona on Sunday. Both teams are 1-1 to start the season.
“I love our fans,” he said. “Fans are unbelievable, man. This city, I mean, there’s nowhere that I would want to be, or any other team I’d want to coach for.
“I mean, it’s rare to have an environment like we have and to be able to coach here, play here — and I tell our guys that all the time, man, this is a so-rare spot and you better enjoy it because not every place has it like we have it.”
Campbell and his wife Holly bought the home they’re selling for $3.5 million in 2021, per Crain’s, which reported the house was marked “pending” within a day of the couple listing it for sale this week at a $4.5 million asking price.
The pending buyers are a large family who are also “huge” Lions fans, the realtor representing the Campbells and pending buyers in the sale, Ashley Crain, told Crain’s.
Since the Lions hired Campbell in 2021, the team has gone 25-27-1 and reached the NFC Championship Game in January for the first time since 1991.
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