Dan Campbell’s home address was publicly leaked on social media by his daughter’s classmate earlier this year, according to a report by the Detroit News published Monday, which led the Detroit Lions head coach to sell the family’s home after at least four documented instances of harassment and unwanted visitors on the property.
The Detroit News reported the doxxing prompted multiple people to show up at the Campbells’ residence in Bloomfield Township, Michigan, on the night of 28 January, shortly after the Lions’ loss to the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC Championship Game.
An investigation conducted by police and NFL security revealed that a male high school classmate of Campbell’s daughter posted the family’s home address on Snapchat with the accompanying text of: “Dumb fuck trying to go for it”.
Campbell and his wife, Holly, who were still in the Bay Area at the time, became “nervous for the safety of their daughter” at the suburban residence after vehicles and people showed up outside the house, the report stated. The daughter’s boyfriend, who was also at the house, “went outside in his vehicle and flashed his headlights at anyone approaching causing these people to turn off and leave,” according to the report.
The report said the daughter’s classmate was identified the following day and questioned by investigators, but authorities informed Holly Campbell that the incident did not meet the standard to file criminal charges against the classmate.
The classmate said he and his friends were “distraught” by the Lions’ loss to the 49ers and that he “found humor” in the Snapchat post. The classmate and his friends later drove to the Campbells’ residence, parked on the street and were “yelling not nice things toward the house” before leaving, according to the report.
“Holly’s only concern is that their address is out there now, and she fears next season people will know when her husband is out of town and try to take advantage of that,” the investigator wrote, according to the report.
Last week Crain’s Detroit Business reported the Campbells’ address got out online, leading to pranks and harassment on multiple occasions. The publication said Campbell and his wife bought what it described as a 7,800 sq ft Cape Cod-style “mansion” in Oakland County, Michigan, in 2021.
“The home is beautiful,” Campbell told Crain’s. “It’s just that people figured out where we lived when we lost.”
While Campbell gave no information about the family’s new home, the old one was listed on Zillow at $4.5m on Tuesday and was under contract the same day. Per Zillow information, the five-bedroom, seven-plus bathroom home set on 1.72 acres sold for $3.5m in March 2021.
Campbell’s Lions were 3-13-1 in his first season in 2021 but have gone 23-14 since.