ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP) – Former Maryland coach Randy Edsall is joining the Detroit Lions as a director of football research. The Lions announced the hiring Sunday. Edsall was fired in October, in the middle of his fifth season with the Terrapins. He went 22-34 after taking over in 2011. Before that, Edsall was the coach at Connecticut from 1999-2010. Edsall coached in the NFL from 1994-97 as an assistant for the Jacksonville Jaguars.
