Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell is putting his home on the market after uninvited visitors made an appearance.
Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell revealed that he’s in the process of selling his family’s suburban Detroit home after fans discovered their address.
“The house is beautiful,” Campbell said to Crain’s Detroit Business, referring to their former residence. “But people found out where we lived when we lost.”
Once considered a perennial NFL underdog, the Lions have transformed into a legitimate Super Bowl contender in Campbell’s fourth season.
Under Campbell’s leadership, the Lions have improved from 3-13 to 9-8 and then 12-5. The coach and his family had been enjoying life in Bloomfield Hills, a Detroit suburb, until a 20-19 loss to the Dallas Cowboys in the NFC title game on December 30, 2023.
In previous years, such a loss might have been expected, but with the team’s newfound success, winning is now the norm.
The defeat, however, sparked a series of pranks that left Campbell worried about his family’s safety and privacy.
Ashley Crain, who managed the sale for the Campbells, didn’t specify the nature of the pranks but said they were “borderline scary.”
“It was like handymen pretending to show up for work at their house,” Crain told NBC News on Friday. “It was actually a bit scary because they’re grown men, and their 18-year-old daughter was home alone. Obviously, when the Lions are on the road, Dan isn’t there.”
Although no criminal charges resulted from the prank, Crain mentioned that the coach and his family have since relocated to a more secluded area.
“They moved a little further out to ensure more privacy,” she said.
The Campbells relocated to another area in Oakland County before listing their “beautiful” home for $4.5 million. As of Friday, the Quarton Road property, located about 23 miles north of Ford Field, was marked as “pending.” The house was originally built in 2013 for Detroit Red Wings legend and Hockey Hall of Famer Igor Larionov.
