The Lions interviewed Packers assistant head coach/linebackers coach Winston Moss on Thursday, according to a team announcement. As shown on PFR’s Head Coaching Search Tracker, Moss is the fourth candidate to sit for an interview, following Texans defensive coordinator Mike Vrabel, Detroit offensive coordinator Jim Bob Cooter and Detroit defensive coordinator Teryl Austin. 
The jump from positional coach to head coach is not unprecedented, but Moss may have a hard time selling the Lions on himself when going up against candidates with coordinator and even head coaching experience. Moss is the only known candidate for Detroit without at least having served as a coordinator. Fellow candidate Pat Shurmur is a former HC, though he owns a lifetime record of 10-23 and has not held that job in a full-time capacity since the 2012 season.
So far, the Lions are the only squad to have requested a head coaching interview with Moss. If he does not land the Detroit job, he may want to send his resume elsewhere given the upheaval in Green Bay.
More rooney rule garbage
How is that Rooney rule if they already interviewed Teryl Austin and he’s black
Let me clarify i say that because he has no coordinator experience, and he won’t get the job. I admit to not seeing about interviewing their DC until now.
These kinds of assumptions are just as insulting to the candidates as you believe the teams to be. Of the Lions’ 7 candidates, 3 are African American. He wouldn’t be interviewed if they didn’t see something there to interview.
And the Rooney Rule exists so that guys do get even a “token” interview – because they can surprise a team. It’s named after the Steelers owner who hired Mike Tomlin after he blew them away in what was supposed to be only a courtesy interview.