Tag: Bears coaching staff

Report: John DeFilippo joining Bears as new QB coach

Following the hiring of Bill Lazor as OC, there are even more changes coming to Chicago’s offensive coaching staff.

While it was previously reported that Bill Lazor will join the Bears as their new offensive coordinator, there are even more changes coming to Chicago’s offensive coaching staff.

Former Jaguars offensive coordinator John DeFilippo is joining the Bears as their new quarterbacks coach. As for that means for quarterbacks coach Dave Ragone, he’s being promoted to passing game coordinator, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter.

DeFilippo interviewed for the Bears’ head coaching position two years ago. While he didn’t get the position, he joined the Vikings as their offensive coordinator in 2018 and was the Jaguars’ OC last year. DeFilippo and the Jaguars mutually parted ways on Monday.

With Ragone being promoted to passing game coordinator, it opens up Lazor to focus primarily on the running game, which will be a major focus as the Bears look to fix their ailing offense.

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Brad Childress not returning to Bears in 2020

Apparently, Brad Childress served as an offensive assistant for the Bears. If you didn’t know, it’s not a loss as he won’t return in 2020.

In case you weren’t aware, Brad Childress was a member of Matt Nagy’s coaching staff for the last two seasons. He served as an offensive consultant in 2018 and then as a senior offensive assistant in 2019.

But that’s no longer the case, according to Cleveland.com’s Mary Kay Cabot, who learned that Childress informed Nagy that he won’t be returning next season.

Brad Childress has already told Bears coach Matt Nagy that he’s not returning in 2020 as his senior offensive assistant, presumably to retire, Childress told cleveland.com.

But he acknowledged there’s at least a remote possibility he’d come back to Cleveland and help his protege Kevin Stefanski in his first season as Browns head coach if he reaches out.

Considering the struggles of the Bears offense — a unit that ranked near the bottom of nearly every statistical category — it’s no wonder Childress went running for the hills.

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