The Chicago Bears have reached out to not less than 15 normal supervisor and 11 teaching candidates for interviews. As they undergo the method, we’re taking a look at every of the possible hires.
Omar Khan interviewed for the GM opening Monday, the workforce introduced.
<mark class="hl_orange">Omar Khan</mark>
Age: 44
Title: Pittsburgh Steelers vp of soccer and enterprise administration
Expertise
Khan has been with the Steelers for greater than 20 years, working his approach up from coordinator to director to VP. He has been described as their chief negotiator and salary-cap guru. Throughout his time with the workforce, the Steelers have received two Tremendous Bowls and performed in a 3rd.
After working for the soccer workforce whereas at Tulane, Khan began his NFL profession with the New Orleans Saints, first as a participant personnel/scouting assistant after which in a training/soccer operations place earlier than becoming a member of the Steelers in 2000, based on a 2013 ESPN profile.
You need to know
NFL Community reported Steelers GM Kevin Colbert is anticipated to retire after the 2022 draft and famous Khan may very well be an in-house candidate to exchange him. However the Pittsburgh Put up-Gazette reported Colbert hasn’t instructed anybody within the group he's going to step down.
Khan reportedly has interviewed with numerous groups through the years, together with the Carolina Panthers and Houston Texans final 12 months. ESPN reported Khan was a search agency’s selection for the Texans, however proprietor Cal McNair overruled it and employed Nick Caserio.
Chicago connection
Khan started his profession with the Saints whereas Bears nice Mike Ditka was the coach.
What’s been mentioned
Agent Joel Segal instructed ESPN in 2013: “In coping with Omar, you at all times know what you're getting. He’s going to be ready, he’s going to be ahead, he’s going to be powerful. He’s at all times going to be prepared to take heed to you even when he doesn’t agree with you. You higher be ready as a result of he’s on high of his enterprise.”