Report: Lions Hiring New Head Athletic Trainer

The Detroit Lions are reportedly hiring a new head athletic trainer. 

According to the Free Press, Mike Sundeen is joining Detroit's staff after previously working with the Denver Broncos. 

Sundeen replaces Kevin Bastin, who was brought back in 2021 after a brief time away from the position. 

According to a recent NFLPA survey, players believed the team's training room was understaffed, earning a below average grade.  

Team president Rod Wood indicated the team was working to address all facets of their training regimen, including the hiring of rehab guru Brett Fischer to become the new Director of Player Health and Performance. 

"Part of bringing in Brett Fischer was a response to that. And we're redoing the dining facility. We're taking the opportunity to move the dining facility upstairs, so we won't be competing with the players and we won't be taking space from them. Hopefully that will at least improve things, and we'll continue to look at the surveys moving forward," said Wood. "We do it on everything with players, way beyond what the P.A. survey does. I think it was for the most part solid, but the same two areas were identified and we invested in them."