Rob Lohman enters his 19th season with the Lions and was named the club's director of pro scouting in 2019. The 2025 season marks Lohman's 25th season in the National Football League. Lohman worked two seasons (2014-15) as the assistant director of pro personnel before being named the team's assistant director of pro scouting in 2016. He previously spent seven seasons as the team's college scouting coordinator and regional scout.
In his current role, Lohman supervises the pro scouting staff and oversees all pro player evaluation, the advanced scouting process, free agency, and the daily monitoring of player transactional movement in all professional leagues. He has been pivotal in assisting Lions Executive Vice President & General Manager, Brad Holmes in turning around the organization. In 2024, the team secured its first back-to-back NFC North Divisional title, while also winning the most regular-season games in franchise history with 15. Lohman was also an integral part of helping the Lions construct a 2023 roster that helped the Lions to a 12-5 record, tying the single-season franchise record for wins in a season at the time. The 2023 season was the third season in team history to have multiple playoff games won, and the first time it occurred in a season for the franchise since 1957. The 2023 roster construction was also pivotal in helping Detroit clinch its first Division Championship since 1993 and advance to its first NFC Championship since 1991.
Lohman originally joined the Lions player personnel staff in May 2007 and had a variety of responsibilities in both college and pro scouting, including serving as the team's advance scout during his first season.
Previously, Lohman spent six years with the Houston Texans and was a member of the organization before it began play in the NFL in 2002. From 2004-06, he served as the team's northeast regional scout and was the team's pro administrator from 2002-03. Additionally, in 2003, he handled all team advance scouting duties. Lohman joined the Texans in 2001 as a scouting intern.
Before entering the NFL ranks, he was a graduate assistant at Syracuse University, where he earned his master's degree in higher education. In 1998, Lohman was a special teams and recruiting assistant at Hofstra.
Lohman graduated from the University of South Carolina, where he earned a bachelor's degree in sports management and worked with the Gamecocks' football program as an undergraduate recruiting assistant.
He and his wife, Mari, have a son, Brenden, and two daughters, Katie and Brynn.
