Former Kansas State coach Ron Prince on Saturday became assistant head coach of the NFL's Detroit Lions. It's a reunion for Prince with new Lions coach Jim Caldwell.
Prince was offensive coordinator at Rutgers last season.
The move to Detroit was no surprise, given the connection of Caldwell and Prince. They worked together with the Indianapolis Colts, where Caldwell was coach and Prince an assistant offensive line coach.
Rutgers began its search for Prince's replacement immediately, according to the Star-Ledger of Newark, N.J.
Caldwell, hired Wednesday to replace fired Jim Schwartz, is building a staff that includes members of the previous regime. He has yet to name an offensive coordinator, receivers coach, quarterbacks coach and secondary coach.
The team met with former Tennessee Titans offensive coordinator Dowell Loggains on Friday, according to the Detroit Free Press, as a possible quarterbacks coach. Frontrunner for offensive coordinator is believed to be David Culley, top assistant to Andy Reid on the Kansas City Chiefs staff.
Prince, 44, was on the Jacksonville Jaguars coaching staff in 2012 after two seasons on Caldwell's Colts staff. He was 17-20 at K-State.
Prince also will handle tight ends, a position he has not coached. The team is expected to find another role for Bobby Johnson, whose retention was announced Friday.
Caldwell on Friday added Teryl Austin as defensive coordinator and Bill Sheridan as
linebackers coach.
In addition to Johnson, holdovers are Jeremiah Washburn, John Bonamego, Curtis Modkins, Jim Washburn, Kris Kocurek, Terry Heffernan and Evan Rothstein.
Prince has also been an assistant coach for the New York Giants, Atlanta Falcons and Washington Redskins and at Virginia, Cornell, James Madison, South Carolina State and Alabama A&M.
Contributing: Detroit News, MLive.com