The Chicago Bears are filling the vacancies on their offensive staff. After firing four coaches, including offensive coordinator Mark Helfrich, offensive line coach Harry Hiestand and tight ends coach Kevin Gilbride, the Bears have added two new faces to Matt Nagy’s coaching staff.

Last week, Juan Castillo joined the Bears coaching staff as offensive line coach, and now Clancy Barone is joining Nagy’s staff as the Bears’ new tight ends coach.

Barone will have a big hurdle to overcome, as tight end is arguably the most concerning area of need on this roster. He’ll be tasked with bettering a tight ends room that right now features Trey Burton, Adam Shaheen, Ben Braunecker, J.P. Holtz and Jesper Horsted.

Here are five things to know about the Bears’ new tight ends coach:

1. He’s had success wherever he’s gone

During his tenure in the NFL, Barone has found success in every stop he’s made at the professional level. He’s coached four Pro-Bowl tight ends — the Falcons’ Alge Crumpler, the Chargers’ Antonio Gates, the Broncos’ Julius Thomas and, most recently, the Vikings’ Kyle Rudolph.

Obviously the hope is that Barone can manage to get the best out of a struggling Bears tight ends room — which could look different heading into training camp depending on what the Bears do in free agency and the NFL.

But then you could also argue that Crumpler, Gates, Thomas and Rudolph are all substantially more talented than any of the Bears’ current tight ends. Can Barone make a Pro-Bowler out of a current tight end on the Bears’ roster? Unlikely. Baybe he can get more production from that group than the previous season, which honestly shouldn’t be too hard to do considering how woefully ineffective they were.

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