Eddie George to join Bears staff for two weeks as part of the Bill Walsh Diversity Coaching Fellowship

Posted by Josh Alper on May 15, 2023, 2:53 PM EDT
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Former Titans running back Eddie George will be joining the Bears coaching staff for the next couple of weeks.

The Bears announced on Monday that George will be joining the team for the next two weeks as part of the Bill Walsh Diversity Coaching Fellowship. George is currently the head coach at Tennessee State and he’s gone 9-13 over his first two years at the school.

Former University of Miami head coach and current Florida State co-defensive coordinator/linebackers coach Randy Shannon will also be joining the team as part of the fellowship.

“We are very excited to welcome these two highly talented coaches in Eddie and Randy. Allowing them to join our staff during our OTAs enables us to offer this unique opportunity to current college coaches during their offseason,” Eberflus said. “We are confident that these coaches will be great assets to our team during their time here, and we are looking forward to learning from them as well.”

In June, the Bears will introduce other coaching fellows who will be with the team at training camp this summer.

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7 responses to “Eddie George to join Bears staff for two weeks as part of the Bill Walsh Diversity Coaching Fellowship”

  1. This will not be popular with the Rooney Rule haters. They don’t want any minorities in coaching.

  3. Does Eddie George need special attention to be a coach? He played in the league for years and has tons of connections. If he can’t break in then he has deeper issues than his race.

  5. This Bears fan thinks it’s a great idea. I’m sure Eddie has loads of knowledge and experiences he can share with the rookies, even though his time there might be short.

  6. BuckyBadger says:
    May 15, 2023 at 3:34 pm
    Does Eddie George need special attention to be a coach? He played in the league for years and has tons of connections. If he can’t break in then he has deeper issues than his race.
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    He’s already a coach, a college head coach. Who says that he is trying to break in? Perhaps he and coach Shannon are lending their support to the fellowship.

  7. BuckyBadger says:
    May 15, 2023 at 3:34 pm
    Does Eddie George need special attention to be a coach? He played in the league for years and has tons of connections. If he can’t break in then he has deeper issues than his race.
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    Believe it or not, some guys just want to work their way up and earn it no matter what they did or however much success they had before coaching. They don’t see coaching as being the same skillset that it takes that maybe they once had as a player, and want to put everything into learning how to coach like they did as a player.

    I know its a different sport, but when Ryne Sandberg decided he wanted to be an MLB manager, he started in Single A and worked his way up through the Cubs system for several years as a manager in the Minors before getting his shot in the show with Philly. Absolutely no need for him to do that based on his on-field merits, but for someone who wants to be the best _____, its not hard to understand why HOF players like Sandberg, George, and guys like him want to work their way up. Another example of this would be Jerry Stackhouse, who has worked his way up from NBDL Assistant to NBDL HC to now HC at Vanderbilt after a storied playing career… and someone will make him a HC in the NBA no doubt about it.

    These guys don’t “need” the gig. Sometimes they just want to be better and chase down and perfect things they don’t now as a coach.

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