LAKE FOREST, Ill. – Chicago Bears general manager Ryan Poles has a new boss after the team named Kevin Warren its president and CEO, the first one hired from outside the organization in its 103-year history.
Poles will no longer report to chairman George McCaskey, who oversaw the GM in his first season in 2022. Warren’s strengths as an executive gave the Bears confidence in reverting to their original structure where the general manager reports to the team president. That happened under out-going president and CEO Ted Phillips prior to last season. Phillips is retiring.
Despite the change in organizational structure, Poles will still have the final say on football matters.