The Bears rounded out their football staff in anticipation of the start of training camp next month, announcing eight new hires.
Head coach Matt Eberflus named Sean Magee his new chief of staff. Magee was an associate athletic director for football at Michigan the last five years, working under former Bears quarterback Jim Harbaugh. Magee is a U.S. Naval Academy graduate who was once deployed during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Blair Hitchcock was named sports nutrition director and AJ Lamb a sports scientist. They’ll work under high performance director Brent Salazar.
General manager Ryan Poles hired three scouts.