Shaun Dion Hamilton

Linebackers, Detroit Lions (DET).

Quick Facts

• Role: Linebackers
• Team: Detroit Lions (DET)
• NFL experience: Not listed
• Reports to: Dan Campbell (Head Coach)
• Coaching tree: see Coaching Trees

Background

Shaun Dion Hamilton enters his fourth season coaching with the Lions and his first as the team's linebackers coach in 2025. He was elevated to the role after spending the 2023-24 seasons as the team's assistant linebackers coach. Hamilton originally transitioned from playing linebacker for Detroit into the coaching ranks as part of the Lions' WCF Minority Coaching Assistantship in September of 2022.