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Chad Morton and Thomas Brown Added

Reported additions leave Chicago Bears with expanded coaching staff heading into 2024.
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Chad Morton and Thomas Brown Added
Chad Morton and Thomas Brown Added

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The Bears coaching staff would appear to be complete with the reported hiring of Chad Morton as running backs coach and creation of a separate passing game coordinator spot for Thomas Brown.

Morton's hiring, reported by the Sun-Times' Jason Lieser, and Brown's, per NFL Network's Tom Pelissero, give the Bears what could be their largest staff ever.

Brown was a candidate for offensive coordinator and was the Panthers offensive coordinator last year when Carolina had the league's worst offense and passing attack. Brown coached Rams running backs in 2020-22, and was assistant head coach there in 2021 and 2022, as well. He had been running backs coach at Chattanooga (2012), Marshall (2013), Wisconsin (2014), Georgia (2015), Miami (2016-2018) and South Carolina (2019) before making the jump to the NFL.

Tyke Tolbert had been the Bears passing game coordinator and wide receivers coach before being fired at the end of the 2022 season. The Bears have reportedly agreed to hire Chris Beatty as receivers coach.

Morton has been working with new Bears offensive coordinator Shane Waldron since 2021. He has been in the NFL as a coach since 2009 when he was a Packers coaching administrator and special teams assistant. He was Seahawks special teams assistant in 2014 and then began working with running backs in 2015, eventually becoming the head running backs coach in 2017. The Seahawks added the title of running game coordinator the last two seasons for him.

While this is the reported Bears coaching staff at this point, it's possible they could add another assistant position coach or general assistant. 

There are 24 on the staff total, counting four strength and conditioning assistants.

There could be 25 if Phil Snow has been retained as special defensive assistant to help with advance scouting, a role he filled midway through last season.

Bears Coaching Staff

Head Coach: Matt Eberflus

Offensive Coordinator: Shane Waldron

Defensive Coordinator: Eric Washington

Special Teams Coordinator: Richard Hightower

Offensive Line Coach: Chris Morgan

Passing Game Coordinator: Thomas Brown

Quarterbacks Coach: Kerry Joseph

Receivers Coach: Chris Beatty

Running Backs Coach: Chad Morton

Tight Ends Coach: Jim Dray

Defensive Line Coach: Travis Smith

Linebackers Coach: Dave Borgonzi

Cornerbacks/Defensive Passing Game Coordinator: Jon Hoke

Safeties Coach: Andre Curtis

Defensive Backs Assistant: David Overstreet II

Offensive Line Assistant: Luke Steckel

Defensive Line Assistant: Justin Hinds

Special Teams Assistant: Carlos Polk

Defensive Quality Control: Kevin Koch

Offensive Quality Control: Zach Cable

Strength and Conditioning: Jim Arthur

Assistant Strength and Conditioning: Noble Landry

Assistant Strength and Conditioning: Pierre Ngo

Player Engagement/Strength and Conditioning Assistant: Isaiah Harris

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Gene Chamberlain
GENE CHAMBERLAIN

Gene Chamberlain has covered the Chicago Bears full time as a beat writer since 1994 and prior to this on a part-time basis for 10 years. He covered the Bears as a beat writer for Suburban Chicago Newspapers, the Daily Southtown, Copley News Service and has been a contributor for the Daily Herald, the Associated Press, Bear Report, CBS Sports.com and The Sporting News. He also has worked a prep sports writer for Tribune Newspapers and Sun-Times newspapers.

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