Report: Bears request interview with Leslie Frazier

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The Bears didn’t waste any time getting started on their coaching search after firing Matt Nagy. Even though they haven’t found a General Manager yet to replace Ryan Pace, team president Ted Phillips and consultant Bill Polian are lining up candidates for the head coaching job.

Dan Graziano of ESPN reports the Bears requested permission to interview Bills defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier.

Frazier played for the Bears from 1981-85, leading the team in interceptions during their Super Bowl XX championship season.

Frazier has head coaching experience, taking over the Vikings as interim coach in 2010 before getting the full-time job from 2011-13. He went 21-32-1 and made the postseason once in his tenure in Minnesota.

He has spent the past five seasons as the Bills’ defensive coordinator.

10 responses to “Report: Bears request interview with Leslie Frazier

  1. Stop it. Just do it the right way for once. Hire the GM first. Stop it. Stop being a Mickey Mouse organization.
    …and I’m a Packer fan.

  2. Bill Polian? The guy’s just trying to rehabilitate his image after labeling Lamar Jackson a WR. McCaskey is a fool for letting him anywhere near the team.

  3. Don’t like this already, they have probably scared off any potential good GM candidates already by making this known. I think Frazier is fine as a DC but not sure about being the man in charge.

  4. pab08 says:
    January 10, 2022 at 3:22 pm
    Stop it. Just do it the right way for once. Hire the GM first. Stop it. Stop being a Mickey Mouse organization.
    …and I’m a Packer fan.

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    This is doing it the right way. The reason may not be obvious.

  5. The Bears are doing things the right way. They must forfill their obligations, and in interviewing Leslie Frazier, are doing so. After this interview, they can now contact Jim Harbaugh, and be ready to hire him quickly. He is far and away the #1 head coaching candidate available at this time.

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