The Chicago Bears are in the middle of their head coach search, which has cast a wide net of candidates that include rising coordinators, former head coaches and college coaches.

After a six-game losing skid that culminated in a clock mismanagement fiasco and loss to the Lions, the Bears fired head coach Matt Eberflus in late November.

Chicago's list of candidates is massive, but NFL insider Dan Graziano sees a potential surprise frontrunner entering the Divisional Round of the NFL playoffs.

Two weeks ago, ESPN's Jeremy Fowler reported that McCarthy "could set his sights on Chicago." It was apparently mutual after the Bears requested an interview with McCarthy while he was still under contract by the Cowboys, who denied the request. After Dallas and McCarthy decided to part ways, it didn't take long for Chicago to set up an interview.

Sources: The #Bears are hiring former #Saints head coach and respected guru Dennis Allen as their new defensive coordinator. The favorite to join coach Ben Johnson’s staff since Johnson?

After an immensely disappointing 2024 season, the Chicago Bears revamped their coaching staff. After bringing in the hottest name on the coaching carousel, Ben Johnson, the Bears announced the hiring of Declan Doyle as the offensive coordinator and Dennis Allen as the defensive coordinator.

The Chicago Bears are going with a youth movement at offensive coordinator, hiring Broncos TE coach Declan Doyle. Here's our grade for the decision.