Bears complete head coach interview with Arthur Smith

The Chicago Bears have completed an interview with Pittsburgh Steelers offensive coordinator Arthur Smith for their head coach vacancy, the team announced Wednesday. It marked the team's 11th interview in the first round of the coaching search.

Smith was interviewed by a committee 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.

Smith served as the head coach of the Atlanta Falcons from 2021-23, which included a 21-30 record with three consecutive 7-10 seasons, before he was fired. Smith got his start with the Tennessee Titans as an offensive line coach (2013), an assistant tight ends coach (2014-15) and tight ends coach (2016-18) before being promoted to offensive coordinator (2019-20) and then got his head coach opportunity. Following his firing from Atlanta, Smith joined the Pittsburgh Steelers as their offensive coordinator this year.

Chicago has completed interviews with Detroit Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson, Lions defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn, former Carolina Panthers/Washington Commanders head coach Ron Rivera, former Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll, New York Giants offensive coordinator Mike Kafka, Miami Dolphins defensive coordinator Anthony Weaver, Arizona Cardinals offensive coordinator Drew Petzing, former Stanford head coach David Shaw, Bears interim head coach Thomas Brown and now Smith.

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