2015 DETROIT LIONS MEDIA GUIDE
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PRINCE’S COACHING BACKGROUND<br />
Detroit Lions................................................. 2014-<br />
Wide Receivers............................................................2014-<br />
Boise State................................................2011-13<br />
Offensive Coordinator............................................ 2012-13<br />
Wide Receivers..............................................................2011<br />
Colorado.........................................................2010<br />
Pass Game Coordinator/Wide Receivers.................2010<br />
Seattle Seahawks...........................................2009<br />
Wide Receivers..............................................................2009<br />
Jacksonville Jaguars..................................2007-08<br />
Assistant Wide Receivers.................................... 2007-08<br />
Atlanta Falcons..........................................2004-06<br />
Assistant Quarterbacks...............................................2006<br />
Offensive Assistant/Running Backs/Tight Ends.... 2004-05<br />
Boise State................................................2001-03<br />
Passing Coordinator.....................................................2003<br />
Wide Receivers....................................................... 2001-02<br />
Portland State.......................................1998-2000<br />
Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks.............1999-2000<br />
Wide Receivers..............................................................1998<br />
Japanese X League....................................1996-97<br />
Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks................. 1996-97<br />
Fort Lewis College......................................1994-95<br />
Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks................. 1994-95<br />
Sacramento State......................................1992-93<br />
Wide Receivers....................................................... 1992-93<br />
Montana State................................................1991<br />
Graduate Assistant.......................................................1991<br />
Humboldt State..........................................1989-90<br />
Graduate Assistant................................................ 1989-90<br />
<strong>DETROIT</strong> <strong>LIONS</strong><br />
MATT<br />
RAICH<br />
Defensive Assistant/<br />
Defensive Ends<br />
Years with Lions: 2<br />
Years in NFL: 13<br />
Matt Raich returns for his second season with the<br />
Lions, this year as the team’s defensive assistant/<br />
defensive ends coach. Raich has coached 13 years<br />
in the NFL, including stints with the Pittsburgh<br />
Steelers (2002-06) and Arizona Cardinals (2007-<br />
2012), where he served various assistant positions.<br />
<strong>LIONS</strong> COACHING HIGHLIGHTS<br />
Raich assisted in the implementation of the<br />
Lions new defensive scheme under Defensive<br />
Coordinator Teryl Austin in 2014. The Lions finished<br />
the season ranked No. 2 in overall defense, allowing<br />
only 300.9 yards per game, and No. 1 in rushing<br />
defense, allowing only 69.3 yards per game.<br />
‣ ¾ Raich worked primarily with Linebackers Coach<br />
Bill Sheridan during the 2014 season as LB<br />
DeAndre Levy continued his success by being<br />
named Associated Press Second Team All-Pro<br />
after finishing with a team-leading 151 total<br />
tackles (117 solo), a career-high 2.5 sacks and<br />
one interception.<br />
‣ ¾ With 10 tackles (eight solo) at Green Bay (12/28)<br />
in the season finale, Levy recorded 10+ tackles<br />
in his 11th game of 2014. Levy and LB Chris<br />
Spielman (13, 1994) are the only linebackers<br />
for the Lions since 1994 to register 10+ tackles<br />
in at least 10 games during a season (according<br />
to Stats, LLC). Levy registered 10+ tackles in 11<br />
of the Lions’ 16 games last season, which was<br />
also the most in the NFL this season.<br />
‣ ¾ After not recording a single tackle outside of<br />
special teams in his first two seasons, LB Tahir<br />
Whitehead thrived at the middle linebacker position<br />
for injured LB Stephen Tulloch and emerged<br />
onto the scene in 2014 to finish the season<br />
second on the team in tackles with 77 (55 solo).<br />
Raich coached the Arizona Cardinals linebacker<br />
corps from 2007-2012 after beginning his tenure<br />
with the team as a defensive assistant, where he<br />
worked with some of Arizona’s all-time greats<br />
that included DE Bertrand Berry, LB Karlos<br />
Dansby, LB Chike Okeafor, LB Joey Porter and<br />
LB Daryl Washington. Berry, Dansby, Okeafor and<br />
Washington all rank in the Top-15 for career sacks<br />
in Cardinals history, while Porter, who finished his<br />
NFL career in Arizona (2010-11), ranks 32nd in NFL<br />
history with 98 sacks. In 2012, Washington was<br />
named to the Pro Bowl under Raich’s guidance as<br />
he recorded the most sacks/tackles in the NFL by<br />
an inside linebacker (9 sacks/134 tackles) since the<br />
record began in 1994. In his six seasons in Arizona,<br />
Raich helped a Cardinals linebacker reach 100-plus<br />
tackles in a single season five times (Dansby, 2009;<br />
Washington, 2010 and 2012; LB Paris Lenin, 2010<br />
and 2012), and he was a member of the franchise’s<br />
only Super Bowl appearance in Super Bowl XLIII.<br />
After working as a player personnel intern with<br />
the Steelers for two seasons (2002-03), Raich<br />
earned his first NFL coaching gig as an offensive<br />
assistant with the team in 2004, where he worked<br />
under former offensive coordinator and current<br />
Tennessee Titans Head Coach Ken Whisenhunt for<br />
three seasons. He was a member of the Steelers’<br />
Super Bowl Championship in Super Bowl XL when<br />
Pittsburgh defeated Seattle, 21-10.<br />
Raich’s previous coaching stops include assistant<br />
coach positions at Robert Morris (2000-02; 1996-<br />
98), Glenville State (1999) and Westminster (Pa.)<br />
College (1993-94). He was also the defensive<br />
coordinator for the Hildesheim Invaders of the<br />
former German Federal League in 1999.<br />
Raich was born August 16, 1970. A Monaca, Pa.<br />
native, he is married to his wife, Amanda.<br />
RAICH’S COACHING BACKGROUND<br />
Detroit Lions................................................. 2014-<br />
Defensive Assistant/Defensivie Ends.....................<strong>2015</strong>-<br />
Defensive Quality Control...........................................2014<br />
Duquesne........................................................2013<br />
Linebackers....................................................................2013<br />
Arizona Cardinals...................................2007-2012<br />
Linebackers.........................................................2009-2012<br />
Defensive Assistant............................................... 2007-08<br />
Pittsburgh Steelers....................................2002-06<br />
Offensive Assistant................................................ 2004-06<br />
Player Personnel Intern........................................ 2002-03<br />
Robert Morris.............................................2000-02<br />
Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator.......... 2000-02<br />
Hildesheim Invaders (German Federal League).1999<br />
Defensive Coordinator..................................................1999<br />
Glenville State................................................1999<br />
Assistant Coach.............................................................1999<br />
Robert Morris.............................................1996-98<br />
Assistant Coach...................................................... 1996-98<br />
Westminster (Pa.) College..........................1993-94<br />
Assistant Coach...................................................... 1993-94<br />
EXECUTIVES AND COACHING
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