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The Bears ranked in the top five in no less than nine different special teams categories combined over that three-year period. Chicago led the NFL in total return yards (6,570) and kickoff return yards (5,415), posted the second-best kickoff return average (25.1), ranked third in punt return defense (7.1) and produced the fifth-best punt return ...
Richard Hightower (born September 15, 1980) is an American football coach currently serving as special teams coordinator of the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL). [ 1 ] His father, Richard, Sr. was a diesel mechanic and his mother Carolyn, was a medical tech at a blood bank.
Thomas Brown (born May 15, 1986) is an American professional football coach and former running back who is the interim head coach for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL). Brown played college football at Georgia and played professionally in the NFL for the Atlanta Falcons and Cleveland Browns .
The Bears had three special teams TDs in 2017 (two punt return, one fake punt), tied with the Rams for the most in the NFL. Rookie PR Tarik Cohen averaged 9.4 yards per punt return in 2017 (ninth in the NFL) and had a 61-yard return for a TD while KR Deonte Thompson ranked second in the NFL in 2016 in kickoff return yards (804).
On January 23, 2024, Waldron was officially hired by the Chicago Bears as their offensive coordinator under head coach Matt Eberflus, replacing Luke Getsy. [9] The Bears fired Waldron nine games into his tenure on November 12 after the team reached a 4–5 record midway through the season.
The Bears added six coaches from the NFL's Bill Walsh Diversity Coaching Fellowship Program: Michael Bellamy II (assistant wide receivers/senior offensive analyst/special teams assistant, Howard), Stefon Wheeler (run game coordinator/offensive line coach, Yale), Angela Rowe (head flag football coach, Huntingdon College), Michael Bearden ...
Ross was a scouting assistant for the New England Patriots from 2011 to 2012. He served two seasons on the coaching staff at John Carroll as a quarterbacks coach in 2013 and a special teams coordinator & running backs coach in 2014. [3] In 2015, he rejoined the Patriots as a pro scout and was part of the Patriots' Super Bowl championship in ...
Longest run from scrimmage – Bill Osmanski rushed 86 yards vs. the Chicago Cardinals, 10/15/39. Longest pass from scrimmage – Bo Farrington caught 98-yard pass at the Detroit Lions , 10/8/61. Longest play in Bears history – 108 yard missed field goal return , Nathan Vasher , vs. San Francisco 49ers , 11/13/05; Devin Hester , at New York ...