Some of the biggest moves Matt Nagy has made this offseason has come as part of his offensive coaching staff. Following an abysmal offensive outing in 2019, Nagy brought in four new coaches that have a combined # years of coaching experience.
One of those new coaches is quarterbacks coach John DeFilippo, who is highly regarded for his work molding young quarterbacks. He’ll be tasked with turning around fourth-year quarterback Mitchell Trubisky, who regressed in 2019. Considering DeFilippo initially interviewed for the Bears’ heading coaching job in 2018, he’s quite familiar with Trubisky and the Bears.
After offensive coordinator stints with the Vikings and Jaguars, DeFilippo joined Nagy’s coaching staff as the new quarterbacks coach, which is exactly his specialty.
DeFilippo said one of the biggest allure of joining the Bears’ coaching staff was how it reminded him of his time with the Eagles in 2017. That Eagles staff consisted of head coach Doug Pederson, offensive coordinator Frank Reich, quarterbacks coach DeFilippo, offensive line coach Jeff Stoutland, running backs coach Duce Staley, wide receivers coach Mike Groh and tight ends coach Justin Peelle.
“We had a lot of very experienced guys that had no ego,” DeFilippo said on Bears All-Access. “And that’s what attracted me to this job most was the experience on this staff that Coach was putting together, with no ego, and our only goal is to win.”
Aside from DeFilippo, Nagy brought in offensive coordinator Bill Lazor, offensive line coach Juan Castillo and tight ends coach Clancy Barone. All of which will be tasked with fixing an element of the Bears offense, ranging from quarterback to run game to tight ends to offensive line.
“When you have no ego, a lot of experience, a lot of guys that have called plays before and a lot of guys that have coached in a Super Bowls and been around good teams,” DeFilippo said, “I think that can do nothing but help your team.”
Obviously we’re months away from seeing the finished product and how the hiring of these new offensive minds will ultimately shape the Bears offense. But bringing in coaches with an affinity for different aspects of offense can’t hurt an offense that was one of the worst in the NFL last season.
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