NFL Coach Relocates After Playoff Loss Led To Daughter’s Classmate Sharing Home Address

Detroit Lions head coach Dan Campbell recently moved his family to a new Michigan home after his daughter’s classmate reportedly shared a social media post that revealed their address following the Lions’ playoff loss to the San Francisco 49ers in January.

Police reports obtained by The Detroit News show that the Campbell family had unwanted visitors come to their property beginning on New Year’s Eve 2023. The security concerns at the coach’s home intensified after Campbell was criticized for his play-calling in the Lions’ NFC championship game loss on January 28.

After the Lions blew a 17-point lead and fell to the 49ers, a classmate of Campbell’s daughter shared a post on Snapchat that called the Lions coach a “dumb f***” and revealed the address of the Campbell family home in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Some people showed up at the home at around 11:00 p.m. and “scared” Campbell’s daughter, who was at the home with her boyfriend, according to the police report.

“Vehicles and people did show up outside their residence but did not necessarily enter the property,” an investigator wrote in a report. “The boyfriend went outside in his vehicle and flashed his headlights at anyone approaching causing these people to turn off and leave.”

“The Campbells were nervous for the safety of their daughter and instructed her to leave the home with her boyfriend for the evening,” the report added. “I assured the Campbells that we would send a patrol unit to the home and extra-patrol it for the evening.”

The coach listed the 7,800-square-foot home for $4.5 million last week, Crain’s Detroit Business reported. Campbell and his wife Holly said they “loved” the house.

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Campbell’s daughter and the male classmate suspected of posting the family’s address attend an “exclusive private school,” according to The Detroit News. Investigators contacted a security official at the school to discuss the Snapchat post. The classmate’s mother told investigators that her son “re-posted” the Campbells’ address and “the post was only up for 3 minutes.”

“[H]e had 30 views on the post, believed it was a fake address, and quickly removed it after he thought about it,” the mother added, according to the police report. The mother argued that the “address is publicly out there online and that her son did not contribute to anyone showing up.”

Investigators also questioned the male classmate who allegedly said he “found humor in the [Snapchat] post.”

Campbell was widely criticized after the Lions blew their lead against the 49ers with a chance to clinch the franchise’s first Super Bowl appearance. The coach opted to send the offense out on two critical 4th downs when the team was in field goal range. After leading 24-7 at halftime, the Lions lost 31-34.

Campbell was asked by a reporter last week about the recent security concerns at his home, but he declined to go into any details, saying, “No disrespect, man, I don’t even want to go there with any of it. It’s all good. Man, I’ve got a job to do. My primary job here is to coach this team and have them prepared every week. I’ve got to do my job, and that’s the sole focus.”