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Six-time Super Bowl champion Bill Belichick and his closest advisors considered the Bears vacancy to be the most attractive one but doubted that Bears executives would consider him to be their next coach, according to a report Thursday.
An ESPN story that detailed Belichick’s thinking in taking the North Carolina said the group of advisors around Belichick — many of whom will follow him to UNC — figured the Bears would focus on an offensive-minded coach to pair with quarterback Caleb Williams. Among those candidates, they figured, would be Lions coordinator Ben Johnson.
When the 72-year-old was introduced Thursday at UNC, he was asked if he’d consider leaving after a year or two to return to the NFL.