The Chicago Bears have announced that Shane Waldron is their new offensive coordinator

The Chicago Bears' general manager Ryan Poles and coach Matt Eberflus are focusing on updating their coaching staff.

After dismissed five coaches earlier this month., including offensive coordinator Luke Getsy, the Bears started the offseason looking for new offensive and defensive coordinators and position coaches for the quarterbacks, wide receivers, and running backs.

On Tuesday, the Bears officially confirmed the hiring of former Seattle Seahawks offensive coordinator Shane Waldron as their new offensive coordinator. A deal was reported to be in progress on Monday.

“It was a very thorough search, but in the end I’m thankful we found Shane,” Eberflus said in a statement. “He is an excellent teacher and communicator with a diverse coaching background among some of the game’s most elite head coaches. I look forward to working with him as we build out the rest of the staff and get him started here.”

Waldron said in a statement: “I am grateful for this opportunity provided to me by Coach Eberflus and Ryan Pole. We are excited to get to work at a franchise with such a storied history and passionate fan base.”

Here's the process of hiring the offensive coordinator unfolded.

Jan. 18

The Bears are likely to interview former Arizona Cardinals head coach Kliff Kingsbury, according to ESPN. The rundown:

Kingsbury, 44, spent this past season as a senior offensive analyst and quarterbacks coach at USC, where potential No. 1 draft pick Caleb Williams played. The Bears are delving into their evaluations of Williams as they decide whether to draft a quarterback with the No. 1 pick this spring. Williams threw for 3,633 yards with 30 touchdowns and five interceptions in 12 games in 2023. In four seasons as the Cardinals coach, Kingsbury was 28-37-1. The Cardinals fired him last January following a 4-13 season after the team made the playoffs a year earlier behind quarterback Kyler Murray. Before that, Kingsbury was the head coach for six seasons at Texas Tech, where he coached quarterback Patrick Mahomes.

He also was offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Texas A&M and Houston. Kingsbury played quarterback at Texas Tech and in the NFL, NFL Europe and CFL.

The Bears are interviewing Los Angeles Rams passing game coordinator and quarterbacks coach Zac Robinson, according to Sports Illustrated’s Albert Breer.

The rundown: Robinson, 37, has been part of Sean McVay’s coaching staff in Los Angeles for the last five seasons and in his current role the last two years. In 2021, Robinson also served as Matthew Stafford’s quarterbacks coach as Stafford matched a career high with 41 touchdown passes and led the Rams to a Super Bowl title..

This season Robinson contributed to a passing offense that ranked in the top 10 in yards and yards per play. Robinson was a standout quarterback at Oklahoma State and a seventh-round selection by the New England Patriots in 2010. He spent four seasons in the NFL with the Patriots, Seattle Seahawks, Detroit Lions and Cincinnati Bengals.

The Bears have requested an interview with Philadelphia Eagles senior offensive assistant Marcus Brady.

According to ESPN.

Here is the summary: At the age of 44, Brady worked with the Eagles in 2023 after spending five seasons with the Indianapolis Colts while Nick Sirianni was the coach.

He was on the same coaching staff as Bears coach Matt Eberflus for four years under Frank Reich at the Colts, but they worked on different parts of the team. While with the Colts, Brady moved up from assistant quarterbacks coach in 2018 to quarterbacks coach in 2019-20, and then to offensive coordinator in 2021-22 after Sirianni left for the Eagles. In 2021, the Colts had a strong running game, but in 2022, their total yards per game ranked 27th in the league at 311.6. Brady also spent nine seasons coaching in the Canadian Football League.

The Bears are talking to Carolina Panthers offensive coordinator Thomas Brown,

As reported by The Athletic.

Jan. 17

Here is the summary: Brown, 37, finished his first year as the Panthers coordinator after three seasons with the Rams, where he won a Super Bowl under McVay.

The Panthers had a tough time with rookie quarterback Bryce Young in 2023, averaging a league-worst 265.3 yards per game. During his time with the Rams, Brown coached running backs and then tight ends and held the title of assistant head coach in his last two seasons. The former Georgia running back worked as a running backs coach in college for eight seasons, including with Wisconsin, Georgia, South Carolina, and Miami, where he also served as the offensive coordinator. Brown is also set to interview with the Tennessee Titans for their head coaching position.

The Bears interviewed former Baltimore Ravens offensive coordinator Greg Roman,

According to NFL Network’s Peter Schrager.

Jan. 15

Here is the summary: Roman, 51, is a longtime NFL coach who was the offensive coordinator for the San Francisco 49ers, Buffalo Bills, and Ravens. One of his achievements is building the Ravens offense around dual-threat quarterback Lamar Jackson and helping Jackson have an MVP season in 2019. The Ravens had the best rushing offense in the league that year.

However, Roman and the Ravens went their separate ways after the 2022 season following a decline in the offense. The Ravens went from averaging 33.2 points in 2019 to 20.6 in 2022. The Bears interviewed Seahawks quarterbacks coach Greg Olson,

as per the report by The San Francisco Chronicle.

Jan. 12

Here is the summary: Olson, 60, has been a college and NFL quarterbacks coach and offensive coordinator since 1990. He has extensive experience as an NFL offensive coordinator, holding the position with the Lions, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, St. Louis Rams, Oakland and Las Vegas Raiders in separate stints, and Jacksonville Jaguars.

Most recently, he was the Seahawks quarterbacks coach in 2023 and a senior offensive assistant with the Los Angeles Rams in 2022. Olson spent the 2003 season as the Bears quarterbacks coach. The Bears planned to interview Kentucky offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Liam Coen,

according to CBS Sports.

Here is the summary: Coen, 38, has one season of NFL offensive coordinator experience with the Rams in 2022, although McVay was in charge of calling the plays. He was an assistant wide receivers coach and assistant quarterbacks coach with the Rams from 2018-20.

Further, Coen has been coaching college quarterbacks and leading the offense since 2010 at Brown, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Maine and most recently Kentucky in 2021 and 2023. The Bears were planning to talk to 49ers passing game coordinator Klint Kubiak,

ESPN stated.

Jan. 11

The summary: Kubiak, 36, is in his first season with the 49ers under Kyle Shanahan. Before that, he was the Denver Broncos passing game coordinator and quarterbacks coach in 2022 for Russell Wilson and their QBs coach from 2016-18.

Kubiak, the son of longtime NFL coach Gary Kubiak, also worked for the Minnesota Vikings as offensive coordinator in 2021 and quarterbacks coach from 2019-20, working with Kirk Cousins. The Bears asked for an interview with Seahawks offensive coordinator Shane Waldron,

NFL Network reported.

Jan. 10

The rundown: Waldron, 44, was the Seahawks offensive coordinator the last three seasons, helping quarterback Geno Smith to a comeback season in 2022. Before that, he spent four seasons with the Rams as passing game coordinator, quarterbacks coach and tight ends coach under McVay.

He also worked as an offensive assistant with the Patriots (2008-09) and Washington (2016) and worked in operations with the Patriots early in his career. He has coached in college, high school and the UFL. More Bears news

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