The Chicago Bears are starting to schedule second interviews for their head coaching vacancy, but don’t appear to be done bringing other candidates in yet for their first round of interviews.
According to Nick Underhill of NewOrleans.Football, the Bears will be interviewing New Orleans Saints defensive coordinator Dennis Allen sometime next week.
Allen has been the Saints defensive coordinator since 2015, slowly turning them from one of the worst defenses in the league, to one of the best over the course of seven seasons. He also spent time with the Saints in the mid-to-late 2000s as a positional coach on the defense, helping them win Super Bowl XLIV before getting his first crack as a defensive coordinator with the Denver Broncos in 2011.
Saints defensive coordinator Dennis Allen is interviewing with the Bears next week, per source
— Nick Underhill (@nick_underhill) January 21, 2022
After one season with the Broncos, Allen was hired as the Oakland Raiders head coach in 2012. He compiled a dismal 8-28 record in two and a half seasons, finishing 4-12 in both 2012 and 2013. After an 0-4 start in 2014, Allen was fired.
Allen’s candidacy for the Bears job is interesting, considering they have already interviewed current Saints college scouting director Jeff Ireland and Miami Dolphins senior personnel director Reggie McKenzie for the general manager job. Ireland currently works with Allen and McKenzie hired him in his first major move when he was the Raiders general manager in 2012.
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