Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell discovers who leaked his address and forced him to move out of $4.5million mansion

After the Detroit Lions lost to the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC Championship, a classmate of Detroit head coach Dan Campbell’s daughter decided to post 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 over safety concerns.

“There’s plenty of room, it’s on two acres, the house is beautiful. It’s just that people found out where we lived when we lost,” Campbell told Crain’s Detroit earlier this month.

Following that loss, an angry student shared a post revealing Campbell’s address, with the caption: “Dumb f*** trying to earn it.” as reported by the Detroit News through police reports.

That refers to the way Campbell twice missed a fourth-down field goal. Those six missed points ultimately caused the Lions to squander a 17-point lead at halftime.

The message reportedly was particularly frightening to Campbell’s daughter, prompting the Lions and NFL security personnel to get involved.

That evening, after 11 p.m., people showed up at the family’s home. According to Bloomfield Township police, “the daughter was startled and left during the night.”

Lyle Dungy, who works with the NFL’s security team, reportedly notified Bloomfield police in late January that a classmate of Campbell’s daughter had posted the family’s email address on Snapchat.

The person 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 about the post and later spoke to the student’s mother, Leslie.

According to reports, the mother apologized to Campbell’s wife Holly, adding that it was not her intention to hurt the family.

“Leslie stated that she was aware of the situation and that Ms. Campbell had already contacted her and left a message regarding (the classmate’s) mail,” the police report said, according to the Detroit News.

‘Leslie (her son) stated, ‘reposted the message, it was only up for 3 minutes, the message had 30 views, he thought it was a fake address and quickly deleted it after thinking about it.’

The report continues: “Leslie told me that Campbell’s speech is publicly available online and that her son did not help anyone show up.”

The student who posted the photo told investigators he was watching the loss with two friends when he saw a Snapchat message urging people to “egg” Dan Campbell’s address.

“(The classmate) found the post funny … (and) said he copied the address and posted his own story, taking a picture of the floor and using the address he had seen earlier,” the police report said.

After feeling “upset” over the loss, the student and his friends drove to Bloomfield Hills. He also told police they “may have driven by” Campbell’s home. Investigators said there was no “reasonable way to have gotten by 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 now public, and she fears that people will find out next season that 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 guard (via the police report), the students drove to the Campbells’ home, parked on the street, and began yelling at the house.

“(The classmate) stated that they did not yell nice things at the house before driving away,” the investigator said in the report.

This one doxxing incident was one of many the Campbells endured over the course of a month. According to the Detroit News, four police reports were filed in relation to their home from December 31, 2023, to the days following the 49ers’ loss on January 28 of this year.

These other situations reportedly involved phone calls and unwanted visitors, with an ‘extra patrol’ even being deployed for New Year’s Eve.

Lions security director Elton Moore reportedly called Bloomfield Township police and told them Campbell’s address had been posted and to go to the house. Campbell’s daughter was with her boyfriend, but eventually left the house because of the attention.

An officer remained outside the home until 1:30 a.m. the next morning but saw “nothing suspicious,” the Detroit News reported.

“Vehicles and people appeared in front of their residence, but did not necessarily enter the property,” an investigator said, according to the Detroit News. “The boyfriend went outside in his vehicle and flashed his headlights at anyone who approached, causing those people to turn and leave.

“The Campbells were nervous for their daughter’s safety and instructed her to leave the house with her boyfriend at night. I assured the Campbells that we would send a patrol unit to the house and provide extra patrols at night.”

The Campbells have since moved and no police calls refer to the new home.

“No disrespect, man. I don’t even want to start with it,” Campbell said last Friday before a 20-13 road win over the Cardinals. “It’s all good. Man, I have a job to do. My main job here is to coach this team and get them ready every week. I have to do my job and that’s my only focus.”

Despite these disturbing incidents, Campbell still has a high regard for Detroit fans.

“I love our fans,” Campbell said. “The fans are unbelievable. This city, there’s no place I would want to be or any other team I would want to coach. It’s rare to have an environment like we have and be able to coach here, play here and I tell our guys all the time. This is a rare place and you better enjoy it because not every place has it like we have.”