Matt Patricia comes in at #9.
The Detroit Lions' Dan Campbell is one of the best coaches in the NFL. The players love him and he's built a winning culture. So, obvioiusly he didn't make CBS Sports' Top 25 worst NFL coaching hires this century.
But if you guessed that ex-Lions coach Matt Patrica, who came from the New England Patriots and served as coach from 2018 to 2020, made the list, you would be right. His record with the Lions was 13-29-1, not to mention the players didn't like him. He was #9 on the list.
Two other former Lions coaches who made the list: Marty Mornhinweg (# 7), with a 5-27, record from 2001-2002, and Rod Marinelli (#10), who was with the team from 2006-2008 and compiled a record of 10-38, with one season going 0-16.For Patricia, CBS Sports writes:
Another wizard under Bill Belichick who struggled mightily to replicate the Patriots aura elsewhere, Patricia inherited a reasonably competitive Lions roster from under the watch of Jim Caldwell, only to oversee a perceived breakdown in the very culture of the organization, with big-name veterans like future Super Bowl champion Darius Slay clashing with his personality.