New Bears head coach Matt Eberflus has wasted no time filling out his coaching staff, landing both his offensive and defensive coordinators within days of each other.
Chicago has hired Alan Williams as their new defensive coordinator. Williams served as the Colts safeties coach under Eberflus in Indianapolis, and he brings a familiarity with Eberflus’ defense to the Bears.
Williams boasts 20-plus years of NFL coaching experience, where he’s served primarily as a defensive backs coach. He’s coached defensive backs in Indianapolis (2002-11), Detroit (2014-17) and with the Colts again (2018-21).
Bears fans seem to like the addition of Williams, who has previous defensive coordinator experience with the Vikings (2012-13). But there were plenty of Chicago Colts jokes along the way as Eberflus continues to bring plenty of his assistants from Indianapolis.
The Alan Williams hire makes a lot of sense. Eberflus knows what he’s getting with Williams as #Bears DC: 2 decades of experience in NFL, takeaways in the secondary, zone-heavy.
— Flo Ottis (@flo_ottis) February 2, 2022
For those worrying about the #Bears bringing in Alan Williams at DC, don’t.
Williams arrives to Chicago with 20-plus years of coaching experience, mostly as a defensive backs coach.
He was also the DC for the #Vikings from 2012-13. I like this hire, personally.
— Chris Maltby (@ChrisMaltbyBD) February 2, 2022
This will be interesting. Hopefully, Williams has learned from his time in Minnesota. Flus can’t let that experience happen in Chicago. https://t.co/mYYpmSA1P3
— Andrew Dannehy (@ADannehy) February 2, 2022
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Alan WilliamsHiring Bill Polian as an advisor for the Bears has built some strong ties between Chicago and Indianapolis. https://t.co/vqay9L2kOj
— Dave Kluge (@DaveKluge) February 2, 2022
Coach Williams is a great example of why representation matters. He was hired 4 times by Black Head Coaches. This is how this gets fixed. https://t.co/yOtGYLiGK7
— Max T. Power (@trashp0ster) February 2, 2022
I like this move. Another young-ish guy (52) who has been in the NFL for 20 years. A decade with Dungy, was the DC for the one decent year of Vikings while Frazier was the coach (14th in points, 16th in yards), and then to detroit and Indy. Welcome aboard! https://t.co/bnujxasGZd
— Matt Carstensen (@BearsNerd) February 2, 2022
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