With last week’s Chicago Bears head coach tracker at nearly 50 updates, I wanted to launch a fresh tracker as the Bears enter week two of their interview process. If you want to run through the timeline of last week’s rumors and reports, you can scroll through that tracker here.
The Bears have several interviews still to come, but here are their confirmed and completed interviews from the first week: Mike Vrabel (hired in N.E.), Anthony Weaver, Drew Petzing, Mike Kafka, Pete Carroll, Aaron Glenn, Ben Johnson, and Ron Rivera (in person).
The Chicago Tribune’s Brad Biggs also reported that he believes the Bears have spoken with Iowa State head coach Matt Campbell.
Chicago assistant GM Ian Cunningham has interviewed with the Titans for their vacant general manager position.
Fresh Tracker launched on January 13 with reports and rumors relating to the Bears.
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The Bears completed their interview with Packers offensive coordinator Adam Stenavich.
- Notre Dame head coach Marcus Freeman said he is not interested in coaching in the NFL at this time. (link)
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The Bears completed their interview with Brian Flores.
- Bears tried to trade for Mike Tomlin. (link)
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Joe Brady also had his interview with the Bears today.
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Todd Monken’s Bears interview is done.
- It was announced that Ben Johnson had hired a new agent. However, this isn’t something that just happened, it has been in place for a while now. (link)
- The NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero just mentioned Ben Johnson and Mike McCarthy as top targets for the Bears and that there’s still interest in Marcus Freeman. (link)
- The Titans have hired Mike Borgonzi as general manager, so Ian Cunninghan will remain in Chicago.
- The Ben Johnson to the Raiders buzz seems to be coming from the Vegas side of things, as Johnson’s camp has been quiet. What could it mean? ESPN’s Adam Schefter thinks the Bears are still in the mix. (link) ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler agrees. (link)
- Monken interviewed with the Jags on Thursday.
- Albert Breer said that Todd Monken has been on the Bears’ radar “for a while.” (link)
- There are no scheduled interviews with the Bears today (Thursday). The NFL rules on when you can talk with prospective coaches kind of has teams in a holding pattern.
- Baltimore Ravens offensive coordinator Todd Monken will interview for the Bears head coach job on Friday. (link)
- Ian Cunningham completed his in-person interview with the Titans for their vacant general manager job.
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The Bears announced that their interview with Mike McCarthy has been completed. Marc Silverman said on ESPN 1000 that McCarthy requested this interview be done in person.
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Minnesota Vikings defensive coordinator Brian Flores will interview with the Bears on Saturday. (link)
- “A lot of momentum building for Ben Johnson & Raiders.” (link)
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The Bears completed their interview with Steelers’ O.C. Arthur Smith.
- On Wednesday morning, Mike Florio said on 670 The Score that if...
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