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From Kansas City to Detroit. New Detroit Lions coach Jim Schwartz made his first major staff decision Wednesday, bringing in veteran assistant Gunther Cunningham as defensive coordinator.
Cunningham, a 40-year coaching veteran on the college and pro levels, was Kansas City's head coach from 1999-2000 and the Chiefs' defensive coordinator in 1995-98 and from 2004 through this past season.
Cunningham also has served as an assistant with the Raiders, Chargers and Colts in the NFL and California, Stanford, Arkansas and Oregon in the college ranks after leaving Lompoc High in the 1960's.
Schwartz and Cunningham previously worked together as assistants with the Tennessee Titans.
Cunningham willl face a task as big as Barack Obama's, to fix one of the league's worst defenses. It was a major contributor to Detroit's winless record in 2008.
Terms of his contract were not disclosed.
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