The Detroit Lions' two-week search for a new head coach ended with the hiring of Jim Caldwell, the National Football League team announced on Tuesday.
The 58-year-old Caldwell will replace the sacked Jim Schwartz.
Caldwell had a successful two-year run as the head coach of the Indianapolis Colts from 2009-10, taking the team to Super Bowl XLIV in his first season.
He also won a Super Bowl with the Colts in 2006 as an assistant under Tony Dungy. He was named Indianapolis' head coach following Dungy's retirement after the 2008 season.
Caldwell was fired by the Colts at the end of 2011 when they won just two games and lost 14. He then took an assistant coaching job with the Baltimore Ravens.
Caldwell compiled a 26-22 overall record during his three-year stint in charge of the Colts, highlighted by a 14-2 season in 2009.
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