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Ben Johnson was named head coach of the Chicago Bears on Jan. 21, 2025. Johnson is the 18th full-time head coach in the franchise’s 106-year history, arriving in Chicago after leading one of the NFL’s most prolific offenses with the Detroit Lions.

Chris Beatty enters his first season with the Chicago Bears, elevating to the role of interim offensive coordinator after starting the season as wide receivers coach. He comes to Chicago with three seasons of NFL coaching experience and 15 seasons of collegiate experience. Most recently, Beatty spent three seasons as wide receivers coach for the Los Angeles Chargers.

After beginning his NFL coaching career with the Bears in 2008, Washington returns to Chicago as the team's defensive coordinator after spending the previous four seasons in Buffalo (2020-23). In 2023, Washington was promoted to assistant head coach/defensive line coach. He originally joined the Bills in 2020 as their defensive line coach before he was promoted to the senior defensive assistant/defensive line coach for the 2022 season.

Richard Hightower enters his third season as the Chicago Bears special teams coordinator in 2024 and his fourth year overall in Chicago after previously serving as the club’s assistant special teams coach in 2016.