Originally from Portsmouth, Ohio and called the The Portsmouth Spartans, The Detroit Lions started off in 1929 as an independent professional team. In the 1930 season the Spartans officially joined the National Football League, a time when other independent teams folded up due to the Great Depression. Although successful in the NFL the team could not survive in the small city of Portsmouth any longer and was eventually purchased and made the move to Detroit in 1934. The team has won 4 NFL Pre-Super Bowl championships but have yet to qualify for a Super Bowl. The Detroit Lions jerseys have relatively remained the same Honolulu blue color since its inception and the Detroit Lions logo, the blue Leaping Lion Logo made its debut in 1960. Wildly unpopular with fans, Matt Millen was hired as CEO of football operations after the 2000-2001 season. The teams head coach is Rod Marinelli and the current roster includes Jon Kitna, J. T. O'Sullivan, Dan Orlovsky, Tatum Bell, Jon Bradley, Aveion Cason, T. J. Duckett, Casey FitzSimmons, Kevin Jones, Mike Furrey, Calvin Johnson, Shaun McDonald, Troy Walters, Roy Williams, Courtney Anderson, Sean McHugh, Rudy Sylvan, Jeff Backus, George Foster, Edwin Mulitalo, Stephen Peterman , Dominic Raiola, Manuel Ramirez, Blaine Saipaia, Jonathan Scott, Damien Woody, Ikaika Alama-Francis, Shaun Cody, Jared DeVries, Kalimba Edwards, Langston Moore, Cory Redding, Shaun Rogers, Corey Smith, Dewayne White, Boss Bailey, Anthony Cannon, Teddy Lehman, Paris Lenon, Alex Lewis, Ernie Sims, Gerald Alexander, Idrees Bashir, Tony Beckham, Fernando Bryant, Dovonte Edwards, Travis Fisher, Kenoy Kennedy, Keith Smith and Stanley Wilson.