Following the Detroit Lions’ loss to the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC Championship, a classmate of Detroit head coach Dan Campbell’s daughter decided to reveal the coach’s address on Snapchat.
That led Campbell and his family to surprisingly put their five-bedroom, seven-bathroom home in the Detroit suburb of Bloomfield Hills up for sale for $4.5 million because of safety concerns.
“There’s plenty of room, it’s on two acres, the house is beautiful. The thing is, people realized where we lived when we lost it,” Campbell said. He told Crain’s Detroit Earlier this month.
Following that loss, one angry student shared a post revealing Campbell’s address along with the caption: “Stupid guy trying to get it.” as reported by Detroit News Through police reports.
That refers to how Campbell twice failed to kick a field goal on fourth down, and those six missed points ultimately led to the Lions blowing a 17-point halftime lead.
More information has emerged regarding a doxing incident involving Lions coach Dan Campbell
Campbell’s daughter’s classmate posted this photo on Snapchat with the home address.
This post was particularly frightening to Campbell’s daughter, reportedly prompting the Lions and NFL security personnel to get involved.
That night, after 11 p.m., individuals appeared at the family home, which “scared the daughter, who left to spend the night,” according to Bloomfield Township Police.
Lyle Dungy, who works on the NFL’s security team, reportedly told Bloomfield police in late January that a classmate of Campbell’s daughter had posted the family’s address on Snapchat.
The individual in question is a year behind Campbell’s daughter at an “exclusive private school,” according to the Detroit News.
Police then contacted a school security officer regarding the post and later spoke to the student’s mother, Leslie.
The mother apologized to Campbell’s wife, Holly, adding that her son did not intend to hurt the family, according to reports.
“Leslie stated that she was aware of the situation and that Ms. Campbell had already reached out to her and left a message regarding (the classmate’s) post,” the police report stated, according to the Detroit News.
‘Leslie claimed that (her son) ‘reposted, the post was only up for 3 minutes, he had 30 views on the post, he believed it was a fake address and quickly deleted it after thinking about it.’
The Campbells ended up putting their five-bedroom, seven-bathroom home on the market for $4.5 million.
The report added: “Leslie told me that Campbell’s address is publicly available online and that her son did not contribute to anyone showing up.”
Speaking to investigators, the student who posted the snap said he was watching the loss with a couple of friends when he saw a Snapchat post asking people to “egg Dan Campbell’s house” with the address.
‘(The classmate) found humor in the post… (and) said he copied the address and posted his own story where he took a picture of the apartment and used the address he had seen before,’ according to the police report.
After feeling “dismayed” by the defeat, the student and his friends say they drove to Bloomfield Hills. He also told police that they “may have driven past” the Campbell home. Investigators said there was “no reasonable way to drive past the residence” based on its location.
An investigator told the Campbells that this situation did not qualify for criminal charges.
“Holly’s only concern is that her address is already out there, and she’s afraid that next season people will know when her husband is out of town and try to take advantage of that,” the investigator said, according to the report.
According to the private school’s security staff member (via the police report), the students drove up to Campbell’s home, parked on the street, and began yelling at the house.
“(The classmate) stated that they were yelling nasty things toward the house before they left,” the investigator said in the report.
Investigators told the Campbells that these incidents did not qualify for criminal charges.
This doxxing incident was one of several the Campbells endured over the course of a month — four police reports were filed involving their home from Dec. 31, 2023, through the days after the 49ers’ loss on Jan. 28 of this year, according to the Detroit News.
These other situations are said to have involved unwanted phone calls and visitors, and an “extra patrol” was called for New Year’s Eve.
Lions security director Elton Moore reportedly called Bloomfield Township police to tell them Campbell’s address had been posted and they should go to the home. Campbell’s daughter was with her boyfriend, but ended up leaving the house because of the attention.
An officer remained outside the home until 1:30 a.m. the next morning but saw “nothing suspicious,” according to the Detroit News.
“Vehicles and people appeared outside of his residence, but did not necessarily enter the property,” an investigator said, according to the Detroit News. “The boyfriend exited his vehicle and flashed his vehicle’s headlights at anyone who approached, causing those individuals to turn off and drive away.
“The Campbells were concerned for their daughter’s safety and ordered her to leave the house with her boyfriend that night. I assured them that we would send a patrol unit to the house to conduct additional patrol that night.”
Campbell and his family have since moved out of the house and there have been no further incidents.
Despite these incidents, Campbell still has a high opinion of the Detroit Lions fan base.
The Campbells have since moved out and the new home has not been mentioned in any calls to police.
“I don’t want to disrespect you, man. I don’t even want to talk about it,” Campbell said last Friday before a 20-13 road win over the Cardinals. “It’s all good. Man, I got a job to do. My main job here is to coach this team and prepare this team every week. I got to do my job and that’s my only focus.”
Despite these disturbing incidents, Campbell still has a high opinion of the Detroit fan base.
“I love our fans,” Campbell said. “The fans are amazing. This city, there’s no other place I’d rather be or any other team I’d rather coach. It’s rare to have an environment like we have here and to be able to coach here, play here and I tell our guys that all the time. This is a rare place and they better enjoy it because not every place has it like we do.”
