In what was a disappointing and incredibly frustrating situation, Detroit Lions head coach Dan Campbell was forced to sell his house recently due to security concerns after his address was made public.
Now we have more details about what caused those security concerns. According to four police reports obtained by The Detroit News' Robert Snell, issues started on New Year's Eve 2023, when Campbell's house began getting "lots" of calls and people started showing up to the house and knocking at the door.
The report states that the three visitors were all service-related, with at least one locksmith and one roofer showing up, so it would appear someone made phony phone calls to those companies and sent them to Campbell's house.
Then, following the NFC Championship Game on Jan. 28, people started showing up at Campbell's home once again, prompting the Lions head coach's daughter to leave in fear for her safety.
“Vehicles and people did show up outside their residence but did not necessarily enter the property,” an investigator wrote. “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.”
It turns out a classmate of Campbell's daughter posted the address to SnapChat after the playoff loss to the San Francisco 49ers, along with a message that read, "Dumb f--- trying to go for it."
But that wasn't all the classmate did, as a school security official learned the classmate and a friend drove to the house that night and "were yelling not nice things toward the house before they drove off."
Campbell declined to address the situation when asked last week, but made it clear he does not carry any frustration toward Lions fans.
"No disrespect, man, I don't even want to go there with any of it," Campbell said. "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."
"I love our fans," Campbell added, per Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press. "The fans are unbelievable. This city — there’s nowhere that I would want to be or any other team that I would want to coach for. 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, ‘This is a rare spot, and you better enjoy it because not every place has it like we have it.'"
Per a public records request by The Detroit News, Campbell's new home has not had any issues thus far — and let's hope it stays that way, as nobody should have to go through what Campbell and his family did. Shame on those who took part.
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