Bears complete head coach interview with Drew Petzing

The Chicago Bears have completed an interview with Arizona Cardinals offensive coordinator Drew Petzing for their head coach vacancy, the team announced Thursday morning. The Bears conducted a virtual interview with Petzing, despite having the chance to bring him to Halas Hall for an in-person meeting. They will conduct all virtual meetings in the first round, as reported by Dianna Russini.

Petzing with a contingent that included general manager Ryan Poles, president and CEO Kevin Warren, chairman George McCaskey, senior director of player personnel Jeff King, executive vice president of people and culture & chief human resources officer Liz Geist, and director of football administration Matt Feinstein.

Petzing started as an assistant wide receivers coach with the Minnesota Vikings (2016-17) and assistant quarterbacks coach (2018) before being promoted to wide receivers coach in 2019, where he overlapped with Bears president Kevin Warren during his time in Minnesota. Petzing then joined the Cleveland Browns as a tight ends coach (2020-21) and quarterbacks coach (2022) before landing the offensive coordinator job with the Cardinals in 2023.

Chicago has upcoming interviews with New York Giants offensive coordinator Mike Kafka (Thursday, Jan. 9), former Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll (Thursday, Jan. 9), Detroit Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson (Saturday, Jan. 11), and Lions defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn (Saturday, Jan. 11).

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