Allen Park, MI (My Sportsbook) - The Detroit Lions hired Scott Linehan as the team's new offensive coordinator on Friday. Terms of his contract were not disclosed.

Linehan joins the Lions coaching staff after spending the past three seasons (2006-08) as the head coach of the St. Louis Rams. He was fired after Week 4 after the Rams started this past season 0-4. He finished with a mark of 11-25 at St. Louis.

Prior to his stint with the Rams, Linehan spent the 2005 season as the offensive coordinator with the Miami Dolphins and was the offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach with the Minnesota Vikings from 2002-04.

Linehan coached at the college level for 13 years before breaking into the NFL.

The big three coaching positions are now filled for the Lions, who became the first team in NFL history to finish a 16-game regular season without a win in 2008.

Jim Schwartz was named the head coach of the team last week and on Wednesday Schwartz named Gunther Cunningham as the defensive coordinator.

While the defense was the biggest culprit in Detroit's winless season, the offense wasn't spectacular either. However, it was burdened with the task of playing catch-up ball in many games.

The team finished 27th in the league in points per game with 16.8 and 30th in yards per game with 268.2.

However, the team does have two potent weapons on offense, including wide receiver Calvin Johnson, who had an excellent sophomore season with 78 catches for 1,331 yards and 12 touchdowns and running back Kevin Smith, who totaled 976 yards with eight touchdowns on 238 carries and added 39 catches for 286 yards in his rookie campaign.