The Chicago Bears are the second team to have a new head coach on Thursday as ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports the hire of Matt Eberflus. The news of the hire follows shortly after reports indicated the Denver Broncos were hiring Nathaniel Hackett to fill their head coach vacancy. Eberflus is leaving his position as the Indianapolis Colts’ defensive coordinator to join the Bears.
Eberflus, 51, began his coaching career at Toledo in 1992 as a student assistant coach, then continued in 1993 as a graduate assistant. For the 1994 and 1995 season, he was Toledo’s recruiting coordinator and outside linebacker coach, dropping the recruiting coordinator role in 1996.