One annual Bears late- and post-season staple is the ritualistic run-through of NFL head-coaching vacancies with an eye toward finding a fit for defensive coordinator Vic Fangio. This offseason, however, more than Fangio alone may be in serious play.
First, the requisite Fangio review:
This year, Cleveland and Green Bay have interims in place, with Arizona (Steve Wilks). Denver (Vance Joseph) and Tampa Bay (Dirk Koetter) expected to join those two on the list of possibles.
Working against Fangio is, once again, that he doesn’t fit the current in-vogue template for hires, which certainly doesn’t require previous head-coaching experience.