New Lions GM Brad Holmes excited to get to work in Detroit Jan 19, 2021 at 08:00 AM Copied!
Brad Holmes was born into a football family. Holmes father, Melvin, played in the NFL. His uncle, Luther Bradley, was a first-round draft pick of the Lions in 1978. His grandfather was a long-time high school coach, and his cousin, Alex Barron, was a first-round draft pick.
But there was one particular moment when the newly appointed Lions general manager knew with 100 percent certainty he wanted to work in the NFL. When I fell in love with it was in the eighth grade, Holmes told detroitlions.com. It was the day I knew the draft was coming on TV. I lived within walking distance to our school and I ll admit that I skipped school to watch the draft.
Detroit Lions hire Brad Holmes as next general manager
Updated Jan 14, 2021;
Posted Jan 14, 2021
Sheila Ford Hamp, Detroit Lions Principal Owner and Chairman, watches in the first half of an NFL football game against the Detroit Lions in Detroit, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Jose Juarez)AP
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ALLEN PARK Brad Holmes once worked for Enterprise Rental Car because he couldn’t find a job in the NFL. Then he started working public relations for the Atlanta Hawks.
In 2003, he finally broke into the NFL as an intern in the public relations department for the St. Louis Rams.
Now 18 years later, he is set to become the next general manager of the Detroit Lions.
Holmes is the nephew of former Lions' first-round pick Luther Bradley. He joined the Rams' scouting department as an intern in 2003 and worked his way into position to run the team's past eight drafts.