Tag: Dave Borgonzi

Bears LBs coach Dave Borgonzi named defensive coordinator for East-West Shrine Bowl

Dave Borgonzi joins Bears special teams coordinator Richard Hightower’s staff at this year’s East-West Shrine Bowl.

Another Chicago Bears coach is joining the staff for the East-West Shrine Bowl. Bears linebackers coach Dave Borgonzi will be the defensive coordinator for the East team. Borgonzi joins Bears special teams coordinator Richard Hightower’s staff for the game, who will serve as the East’s head coach. Arizona Cardinals passing game coordinator and wide receivers coach Drew Terrell will serve as Hightower’s offensive coordinator.

Borgonzi joined the Bears in 2022, coming over from the Indianapolis Colts with head coach Matt Eberflus, where he held the same role. Borgonzi has played a role in developing young linebackers such as Shaq Leonard and Bobby Okereke with the Colts and Jack Sanborn with the Bears. Under his tutelage this past season, linebackers TJ Edwards and Tremaine Edmunds excelled in their first season with the Bears.

The East-West Shrine Bowl is one of college football’s postseason all-star games that dates back to 1925. Since 2017, the game has pulled assistant coaches from the NFL to serve as coaches for each side. This year’s game takes place Thursday, February 4th, at 7 p.m. CT at the Ford Center at the Star in Frisco, TX.

Cardinals to interview Bears LB coach Dave Borgonzi for DC position

The Cardinals begin to interview for a new defensive coordinator.

The Arizona Cardinals are in the process of setting up their coaching staff. They have candidates identified to be their offensive coordinator and now they also have interviews lined up for a defensive coordinator under head coach Jonathan Gannon.

According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, they will interview Chicago Bears linebackers coach Dave Borgonzi for the job on Saturday.

Borgonzi has not yet been a defensive coordinator.

He was with the Bears this last season. The previous four seasons, he was the linebackers coach for the Indianapolis Colts. He worked with Gannon for three of those years.

He was defensive quality control coach for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers from 2014-2017 and from 2011-2013, he was both an offensive and defensive assistant with the Dallas Cowboys.

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Bears LB coach Dave Borgonzi interviewing for Cardinals DC job

Bears linebackers coach Dave Borgonzi has an interview with the Cardinals for their defensive coordinator job.

Bears linebackers coach Dave Borgonzi is interviewing for the Cardinals defensive coordinator job on Saturday, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter.

Borgonzi joined Matt Eberflus’ coaching staff last offseason, and Borgonzi was one of a few coaches he took with him from the Colts.

Borgonzi boasts 17 years of coaching experience, including 12 years at the NFL level. Before joining the Bears last offseason, Borgonzi spent four years as the Colts linebackers coach with Eberflus in Indianapolis. Before that, Borgonzi was a defensive quality control coach with the Buccaneers (2014-17). He got his start with the Cowboys in 2011, where he worked as both a defensive and offensive assistant.

During his tenure as linebacker coach — whether with the Bears or Colts — Borgonzi has worked with some of the best in the NFL in Roquan Smith and Shaquille Leonard. He also coached one of Chicago’s most pleasant surprises last season in undrafted rookie Jack Sanborn, who thrived in his six starts after Smith was traded to the Ravens.

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Updated list of DC candidates the Eagles could target with Jonathan Gannon heading to Arizona

We’re looking at an updated list of coaching candidates that could replace Jonathan Gannon as the Eagles’ defensive coordinator

Nick Sirianni now officially has his own coaching tree after the Colts hired Shane Steichen and the Cardinals hired Jonathan Gannon on Tuesday.

Sirianni rightfully gets a lot of credit for the Eagles’ success.

Philadelphia’s second-year head coach has far exceeded expectations and proven that he was the perfect target for the role. However, it’s important to remember that Shane Steichen had a massive role in the offense.

Gannon had interviews with Denver, Houston, and Minnesota last offseason and with Philadelphia reaching the Super Bowl and having a top-five defense, it was only a matter of time before he accepted an offer.

Sirianni knew his assistants were wanted and he stated has a plan for their departures.

“Of course, I want to keep these guys, they’re great coordinators, but in the event that I lose them, I have an idea of what I want to do at both spots. The answer is sometimes, yes, it’s in the building, and sometimes it’s outside of the building. But I feel like we have a lot of good options, and I feel like we have a lot of good options in the building that we’d be excited about if that were to happen.”

With Gannon landing one of the coveted vacancies, here’s an updated list of eight potential targets that could lead the Eagles’ defense in 2023.

Ranking defensive coordinator candidates the Eagles could target if Jonathan Gannon departs

Nick Sirianni says he has a planned response and we’re ranking 10 DC candidates the Eagles could target if Jonathan Gannon lands an NFL head coaching job in 2023

Nick Sirianni is weeks away from officially having his own coaching tree and with the expectation that a team will likely hire Shane Steichen (OC) and Jonathan Gannon (DC), we’re taking an early look at potential replacements.

Sirianni rightfully gets a lot of credit for the Eagles’ success.

Philadelphia’s second-year head coach has far exceeded expectations and proven that he was the perfect target for the role. However, it’s important to remember that Shane Steichen has a massive role in the offense.

Gannon is set to be this year’s Nick Sirianni, as the Eagles’ defensive coordinator will once again be the hot name on the coaching circuit.

Gannon had interviews with Denver, Houston, and Minnesota last offseason and with Philadelphia 13-1 and having a top-five defense, he’ll likely land a job early on in the 2023 cycle.

Sirianni knows his assistants are wanted and he has a plan for their departures.

“Of course, I want to keep these guys, they’re great coordinators, but in the event that I lose them, I have an idea of what I want to do at both spots. The answer is sometimes, yes, it’s in the building, and sometimes it’s outside of the building. But I feel like we have a lot of good options, and I feel like we have a lot of good options in the building that we’d be excited about if that were to happen.”

If Gannon does land one of the coveted vacancies, we’re ranking 10 potential targets that could lead the Eagles’ defense in 2023.

10 early DC candidates the Eagles could target if Jonathan Gannon lands a head coaching job

We’re taking an early look at 10 defensive coordinator candidates the Philadelphia Eagles could target if Jonathan Gannon lands an NFL head coaching job in 2023

Nick Sirianni is weeks away from officially having his own coaching tree and with the expectation that teams will target Shane Steichen (OC) and Jonathan Gannon (DC), we’re taking an early look at potential replacements.

Gannon is set to be this year’s Nick Sirianni, as the Eagles defensive coordinator will once again be the hot name on the coaching circuit.

Gannon had interviews with Denver, Houston, and Minnesota last offseason and with Philadelphia 13-1 and having a top-five defense, he’ll likely land a job early on in the 2023 cycle.

If Gannon does land one of the coveted vacancies, we’ve ID’d 10 potential targets that could lead the Eagles’ defense in 2023.

Bears LB coach Dave Borgonzi shows his players film of Brian Urlacher, Lance Briggs

With the Bears transitioning to a 4-3 defense, LB coach Dave Borgonzi has gone into the vault for some inspiration.

With the Chicago Bears transitioning to a 4-3 defense, linebackers coach Dave Borgonzi has gone into the vault for some inspiration.

Borgonzi shows his players film of former Bears linebackers Brian Urlacher and Lance Briggs, who thrived in Lovie Smith’s defense a couple of decades earlier.

These current Bears appreciate seeing former players in this system, like Urlacher and Briggs, whether it’s that Lovie Smith defense or film from Matt Eberflus’ defenses.

“They enjoy that,” Borgonzi said. “They like seeing the former players in the system play, whether it’s Chicago film, Tampa Bay film with coach [Tony] Dungy, Dallas film when coach Flus was there, Indianapolis. We always talk about the system and the style of play. I think they really enjoy doing that.”

Urlacher and Briggs anchored those dominant Bears defenses in the early 2000s, and the pair have combined for 15 Pro Bowls, 5 first-team All-Pro nods and 3 second-team All-Pro nods. Urlacher was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame during his first year of eligibility in 2018.

No one is expecting this group of Bears linebackers to reach those levels. But the hope is this group, featuring Roquan Smith and Nicholas Morrow, will see noticeable improvement in this scheme.

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Bears officially hire Dave Borgonzi, David Overstreet

The Bears officially hired former Colts assistants Dave Borgonzi and David Overstreet.

The Chicago Bears officially hired former Indianapolis Colts linebackers coach Dave Borgonzi and assistant defensive backs coach David Overstreet to the coaching staff under Matt Eberflus.

This was expected given the reports that surfaced following the Bears’ hiring of Eberflus as their new head coach. But with the team announcing it, the moves become official.

Both coaches will be holding the same role in Chicago as they did during their time with the Colts.

As it stands, the Bears have officially hired four coaches from the Colts. With Eberflus as head coach, he also brought with him former safeties coach Alan Williams to be the defensive coordinator.

It was also reported that cornerbacks coach James Rowe would be following Eberflus to Chicago but that has yet to be announced.

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Bears hire Dave Borgonzi: 5 things to know about Chicago’s new LBs coach

Bears HC Matt Eberflus is filling out his coaching staff, adding Dave Borgonzi. Get to know Chicago’s new linebackers coach.

The Chicago Bears have hired Dave Borgonzi as their new linebacker coach. Borgonzi has many years of experience in both the NFL and in college football, making this hire a good one for Chicago.

Borgonzi will go from one good defense to another, as he most recently worked with the Colts.

The linebackers in Chicago are already solid. If Borgonzi can continue and improve the level of production these linebackers have had over the years with the Bears, this defense will improve in 2022.

Here are five things to know about Borgonzi:

Bears hire Dave Borgonzi as linebackers coach, Chris Morgan as O-line coach

The Bears have added two more assistants to Matt Eberflus’ coaching staff in LBs coach Dave Borgonzi and OL coach Chris Morgan.

New Bears head coach Matt Eberflus’ coaching staff is starting to fill out.

After the announcements of Luke Getsy as offensive coordinator and Alan Williams as defensive coordinator, the Bears also announced the hirings of Dave Borgonzi as linebackers coach and Chris Morgan as offensive line coach.

Borgonzi boasts 16 years of coaching experience, including 11 years at the NFL level. Borgonzi spent the last four years as the Colts linebackers coach with Eberflus in Indianapolis. Before that, Borgonzi was a defensive quality control coach with the Buccaneers (2014-17). He got his start with the Cowboys in 2011, where he worked as both a defensive and offensive assistant.

Morgan has 13 years of NFL experience, where he most recently served as an assistant offensive line coach with the Steelers last season. He previously served as an offensive line coach with the Falcons from 2015-20, as well as running game coordinator in 2018. Before that, Morgan was an assistant offensive line coach with the Raiders (2009-10), Washington (2011-13) and Seahawks (2014).

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