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Bears DC Chuck Pagano Retires

Chicago Bears defensive coordinator Chuck Pagano has decided to retire.

Pagano is best known for his stint as head coach of the Indianapolis Colts. The Colts went 11-5 in his first season there, though Pagano missed 12 games due to cancer treatments, inspiring the #CHUCKSTRONG cancer awareness movement. They matched that 11-5 recrod in 2013 and 2014, but then went 8-8 in back-to-back years before a 4-12 campaign in 2017 cost him his job.

He had been with the Bears for two seasons. Under his watch, Chicago finished 10th and eighth in defensive DVOA.