Chilling new details have emerged regarding why Lions coach Dan Campbell and his family surprisingly listed their Michigan home for sale, including the doxxing of Campbell by his daughter’s classmate.
One student shared a post revealing the Campbells’ family address in Bloomfield Hills, Mich., on Snapchat following the Lions’ 34-31 loss to the 49ers in the NFC Championship game with the caption, “Dumb f–k trying to for it,” as chronicled by the Detroit News via police reports.
That post referenced how Campbell twice passed on kicking a field goal on fourth down, with those points looming large after the Lions squandered a 17-point halftime lead.
The post frightened Campbell’s daughter, per the report, which led to the Lions and NFL security officials becoming involved.
Individuals then appeared at the family home shortly after 11 p.m, which “scared the daughter who left for the night,” per the police report.
That incident reportedly heightened concerns by Campbell’s wife, Holly, regarding the family’s safety in the home they purchased for $3.5 million in 2021, according to Crain’s Detroit.
The five-bedroom, seven-bathroom home hit the market for $4.5 million last week due to those security concerns even though the family “loved” the residence, as first reported by Crain’s Detroit.
Lyle Dungy, who is part of the NFL’s security team, reportedly called the Bloomfield police department on Jan. 29 to inform them that a classmate of Campbell’s daughter had posted the family’s address on Snapchat.
The individual is one year behind Campbell’s daughter at what the Detroit News described as an “exclusive private school.”
Police investigators then touched base with a school security official regarding the post, and later talked to the student’s mother, Leslie.
Lisa said the mother apologized to Holly and said her son did not mean to hurt the family, per the report.
“Leslie stated that she was aware of the situation and that Mrs. Campbell had already contacted her and left her a message about (the classmate’s) post,” the police report stated, per the Detroit News. “Leslie stated (her son) ‘re-posted, the post was only up for 3 minutes, he had 30 views on the post, believed it was a fake address, and quickly removed it after he thought about it.”
The report added: “Leslie told me that the Campbell’s address is publicly out there online and that her son did not contribute to anyone showing up.”
The student in question later told investigators he watched the loss with two friends and saw a post on Snapchat calling for folks to “egg Dan Campbell’s house” with the address, per the publication.
“(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 floor and used the address he had seen earlier,” per the police report.
Feeling “distraught” after the defeat, the student and his friends drove to Bloomfield Hills and he told police “they may have passed” the Campbells’ house.
The investigator noted there was no “reasonable way of passing the residence” based on where the Campbells lived.
One police investigator ultimately told Holly the situation did not qualify for criminal charges to be filed.
“Holly’s only concern is that their address is out there now, and she fears next season people will know when her husband is out of town and try to take advantage of that,” the investigator stated, per the report.
The private school’s security staffer said the students drove to the family home, parked on the street and yelled at the house, according to the police report obtained by the Detroit News.
“(The classmate) stated that they were yelling not nice things toward the house before they drove off,” the investigator stated in the report.
The doxxing incident marked one of several the Campbell family endured in roughly a month stretch with four police reports being filed involving their residence from Dec. 31, 2023, to the days following the Jan. 28, 2024 loss to the 49ers, according to the Detroit News.
Those other situations reportedly involved phone calls and unwanted visitors, resulting in an “extra patrol” being requested for New Year’s Eve.
Lions security director Elton More reportedly called the township police saying Campbell’s address had been posted with a message to go to the home.
Campbell’s daughter was with her boyfriend but left the home due to the attention.
A police official remained present until 1:30 a.m. the next morning but saw “nothing suspicious,” according to the outlet.
“Vehicles and people did show up outside their residence but did not necessarily enter the property,” an investigator stated, per the Detroit News. “The boyfriend went outside in his vehicle and flashed his headlights at anyone approaching causing these people to turn off and leave.
“The Campbells were nervous for the safety of their daughter and instructed her to leave the home with her boyfriend for the evening. I assured the Campbells that we would send a patrol unit to the home and extra-patrol it for the evening.”
On Jan. 30, a police official saw a Subaru Outback parked outside the family’s home with the hazard lights on. The car’s owner, though, shortly came to the scene in a second car along with a truck, per the report.
The Detroit News reported that the Campbells’ new home has not been referenced in any police calls.
“No disrespect, man. I don’t even want to go there with any of it,” Campbell said last Friday before a 20-13 road win over the Cardinals. “It’s all good. Man, I’ve got a job to do. My primary job here is to coach this team and have them prepared every week. I’ve got to do my job and that’s the sole focus.”
Campbell still thinks highly of Lions fans despite these harrowing incidents.
“I love our fans,” Campbell said. “Fans are unbelievable. This city, there’s nowhere that I would want to be or any other team I’d want to coach for. 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 spot and you better enjoy it because not every place has it like we have it.”
