LAKE FOREST, Ill. -- New Chicago Bears head coach Matt Nagy filled the role of offensive coordinator by hiring former Oregon head coach Mark Helfrich on Thursday, a league source told ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter.
Helfrich, 44, had spent his entire coaching career in the collegiate ranks where he finished 37-16 as the Ducks head coach before the school fired him at the end of the 2016 season.
Nagy is expected to call his own plays in Chicago, but the addition of Helfrich could impact how the Bears look offensively with young quarterback Mitchell Trubisky heading into his second year as the starter.