The Chicago Bears interviewed Tennessee State coach Eddie George, a former Heisman Trophy-winning NFL operating again, for his or her head teaching emptiness on Sunday.
The 51-year-old George has a 24-22 document in 4 seasons at Tennessee State and is main the Tigers to a tie for first place within the OVC-Big South Football Association and a postseason berth. He was additionally voted Big South-OVC Coach of the Year.
George is the seventeenth confirmed interview for the Bears, who’re on a protracted search to exchange Matt Eberflus who was fired after 12 video games and changed on an interim foundation by Thomas Brown.
George joins Brown, Joe Brady, Pete Carroll, Brian Flores, Aaron Glenn, Ben Johnson, Mike Kafka, Mike McCarthy, Todd Monken, Drew Petzing, Ron Rivera, David Shaw, Arthur Smith, Adam Stenavich, Mike Vrabel and Anthony Weaver as candidates to speak to the Bears in regards to the head teaching job.
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George, who gained the 1995 Heisman Trophy as faculty soccer’s high participant, was inducted into the College Hall of Fame in 2011 after an excellent profession at Ohio State.
He was the 14th total decide within the 1996 draft by the then-Houston Oilers and set a number of franchise information for the Tennessee Titans, together with dashing for 10,009 yards in eight seasons. George was the AP Offensive Rookie of the Year in 1996 and was chosen All-Pro in 2000. He performed in 4 consecutive Pro Bowls from 1997-2000 earlier than ending his profession with a season in Dallas in 2004.
George was employed by Tennessee State in 2021 and frolicked with Chicago in the course of the 2023 offseason as a part of the Bill Walsh Diversity Coaching Fellowship.
Associated Press reporting.
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