'He was born to coach': Bears counting on Matt Eberflus' passion, consistency

When Monte Kiffin was interviewing to become the Dallas Cowboys’ defensive coordinator in 2013, team owner/general manager Jerry Jones and his staff insisted he have a conversation with the Cowboys’ up-and-coming linebackers coach who was pondering his own future.

Kiffin followed through, putting Matt Eberflus in front of the dry erase board in his office and picking his brain, going in depth into defensive schemes and approaches, coaching philosophies and practice plans.

After about an hour, Kiffin said, he was blown away.

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