Chicago Bears coach Matt Eberflus has employed three new coaches: line of defense coach Travis Smith, tight ends coach Jim Dray and assistant offensive line coach Austin King.
Dray has 4 years of teaching expertise, together with three within the NFL. He was the offensive high quality management coach for the Cleveland Browns in 2019 and for the Arizona Cardinals in 2020-21.
Dray performed tight finish for eight years within the NFL after the Cardinals drafted him within the seventh spherical in 2010. He had 56 catches for 605 yards and three touchdowns in 94 video games, together with 38 begins, for the Cardinals, Browns, Buffalo Payments and San Francisco 49ers.
After his ultimate NFL look in 2017, Dray turned an offensive assistant for a 12 months at his alma mater, Stanford. He had 41 catches for 455 yards and 7 touchdowns in 39 profession begins in school.
Dray, 35, is a local of Paramus, N.J.
King, 40, comes aboard to work beneath new offensive line coach Chris Morgan. He spent the final two seasons with the Las Vegas Raiders as tight ends coach in 2021 and as an offensive high quality management coach in 2020.
The previous heart, who was a four-year starter at Northwestern, performed 34 video games within the NFL with the Atlanta Falcons from 2004-06. He started his teaching profession as an assistant at Toledo, Syracuse and Dayton. The Cincinnati native was Dayton’s offensive coordinator for 3 seasons.
Smith has 12 years of teaching expertise, together with the final 10 with the Raiders. He was a defensive high quality management coach, an out of doors linebackers coach and most just lately the assistant line of defense coach. He beforehand labored with Bears exterior linebacker Khalil Mack.
A former highschool linebacker and fullback, he began his teaching profession with a 12 months every at Santa Monica (Calif.) Junior Faculty and Colorado, the place he was an offensive technical intern.
Within the week because the Bears launched Eberflus as their head coach, he has made the next hires:
- Offensive coordinator: Luke Getsy
- Defensive coordinator: Alan Williams
- Particular groups coordinator: Richard Hightower
- Passing sport coordinator/extensive receivers coach: Tyke Tolbert
- Quarterbacks coach: Andrew Janocko
- Working backs coach: David Walker
- Offensive line coach: Chris Morgan
- Assistant offensive line coach: Austin King
- Tight ends coach: Jim Dray
- Assistant tight ends coach: Tim Zetts
- Offensive high quality management coach: Omar Younger
- Line of defense coach: Travis Smith
- Linebackers coach: Dave Borgonzi
- Defensive backs coach: James Rowe
- Assistant defensive backs coach: David Overstreet II