The Chicago Bears are in the middle of their searches for a new general manager and head coach following the firings of Ryan Pace and Matt Nagy last week.
Chairman George McCaskey, President/CEO Ted Phillips, Hall of Fame executive Bill Polian, VP of Player Engagement Lamar ‘Soup’ Campbell and Senior VP of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Tanesha Wade will be conducting the GM search for the Bears, where they’ve been conducting interviews.
They completed two more interviews for their head coach job with Tampa Bay Buccaneers offensive coordinator Byron Leftwich and for their GM job with Miami Dolphins senior personnel executive Reggie McKenzie on Thursday.
We have completed interviews with general manager candidate Reggie McKenzie and head coach candidate Byron Leftwich.https://t.co/2MYZYw2Y4f
— Chicago Bears (@ChicagoBears) January 21, 2022
Leftwich has learned under one of the best in Bruce Arians and won a Super Bowl with Tom Brady. While many will be quick to point to Brady as the main reason for Tampa Bay’s success, Leftwich led a top offense with Jameis Winston back in 2019. Leftwich has called plays for the Buccaneers for the last two seasons, where he’s had a chance to build his offense. He started his coaching career with the Arizona Cardinals, where he served as quarterback coach (2017-18) and served as interim offensive coordinator (2018).
McKenzie boasts 27 years of NFL experience, where he’s served as a senior personnel executive with the Dolphins since 2019. Before that, McKenzie was the general manager for the Oakland Raiders from 2012-18. He got his start with the Green Bay Packers as a pro personnel assistant (1994-96) before being promoted to pro personnel director (1997-2007). He was Green Bay’s director of football operations from 2008-11.
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