The Detroit Lions hired John Morton as their new offensive coordinator on Tuesday, according to NFL Network's Ian Rapoport.

Morton, who was the Denver Broncos' pass game coordinator the past two seasons, will replace Ben Johnson, who was recently named the new head coach of the Chicago Bears.

The 55-year-old Morton previously coached with the Lions in 2022, serving as the senior offensive assistant.

Morton was born in Auburn Hills, Michigan, and played his college football at Western Michigan, so taking the Lions' OC job will be a homecoming of sorts for him.

While Morton has somewhat limited experience in the OC role, and has been coaching at the NFL and collegiate levels in various positions since 1998.

Morton spent time with the Oakland Raiders, New Orleans Saints and San Francisco 49ers in roles such as offensive assistant, offensive quality control coach, tight ends coach, wide receivers coach and pass game coordinator.

He was the passing game coordinator and wide receivers coach at USC from 2007 to 2008 before getting promoted to offensive coordinator for the 2009 and 2010 seasons.

Morton's only opportunity as an offensive coordinator in the NFL came in 2017 with the New York Jets. The Jets ranked 28th in total offense and 24th in scoring in his one season at the helm.

Offensive guru Sean Payton had Morton on his staff multiple times, as Morton was the Saints' passing game coordinator and offensive assistant in 2006, and their wide receivers coach from 2015 to 2016.

More recently, Morton was the pass game coordinator under Payton in Denver from 2023 to 2024, and he helped oversee a significant turnaround.

Denver ranked 10th in the NFL in scoring this season and reached the playoffs with a 10-7 record, marking the Broncos' first postseason appearance since 2015.

Most impressively, the Broncos did it with a rookie quarterback in Bo Nix, who far exceeded expectations by completing 66.3 percent of his passes for 3,775 yards, 29 touchdowns and 12 interceptions, while also rushing for 430 yards and four scores.

As well as Nix performed during his rookie campaign, Morton will have far more to work with offensively in Detroit.

Over the past three seasons under head coach Dan Campbell, the Lions have consistently boasted the most dynamic offense in the league.

Detroit ranked fourth in total offense and fifth in scoring in 2022, third in total offense and fifth in scoring in 2023, and second in total offense and first in scoring this season.

The Lions had an MVP finalist in quarterback Jared Goff, two highly productive running backs in Jahmyr Gibbs and David Montgomery, and two 1,000-yard receivers in Amon-Ra St. Brown and Jameson Williams.

Detroit is set to return nearly all of its key contributors on offense in 2025, and that type of continuity should help Morton hit the ground running as the OC for a team that went 15-2 in 2024.