Nagy was hired by the Chicago Bears in 2018 after serving as the Chiefs offensive coordinator under Andy Reid. Interestingly, the Jets tried to hire Nagy to be their offensive coordinator in 2017 under then head coach Todd Bowles, but Reid blocked the team’s request and kept him in Kansas City.
Even though the Bears had a combined 15–36 record under Eberflus the last three seasons, Johnson believes there's still a lot of "talent" on the roster that he can build off from.
Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator Matt Nagy did the coaching carousel a favor by showing he's not a serious candidate.
The New York Jets have interviewed another former NFL head coach for their vacant job in their effort to find a new bench boss. The team has announced that Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator and former Chicago Bears head coach Matt Nagy has spoken with the team in New York:
The Chicago Bears made the Ben Johnson hire official with this welcome on social media, and fans reacted as fired up as you'd expect.
The Chicago Bears' hiring of Ben Johnson as head coach is earning widespread praise from NFL media, marking a major win for the franchise's future.
The Chicago Bears landed the top head coach in this hiring cycle, and Ben Johnson is building a strong coaching staff around him. The Bears haven't picked a coach quite like this before.
The Bears appear to be the big winner of the NFL coaching carousel with the Ben Johnson hire. But who knows what Chicago's actually getting?
For some of those teams, that will involve finding new head coaches and/or General Managers. Three teams fired their head coaches during the season and two more have been dispatched as of 9 a.m. ET on January 6.
Ben Johnson, the most sought-after head coaching candidate this offseason, has accepted the job as head coach of the Chicago Bears, citing the team’s strong roster and NFC North location as
Glenn, a former Texas A&M standout, beat out 15 other candidates for the job as the Jets went through an extensive search to find their next coach.