LAKE FOREST, Ill. — The Chicago Bears interviewed Tennessee State coach Eddie George, the 1995 Heisman Trophy winner at Ohio State before his time as an NFL running back, for their head coaching vacancy Sunday.
The 51-year-old George is 24-22 in four seasons at Tennessee State and is coming off leading the Tigers to a tie for first place in the OVC-Big South Football Association and a postseason berth in the Football Championship Subdivision, the lower tier of NCAA Division I competition. He was also voted the Big South-OVC coach of the year for his sucess this past season with the historically black school in Nashville.
George is the 17th confirmed interview for the Bears, who are doing an extensive search to replace Matt Eberflus, who was fired after 12 games in his third season leading the team and replaced by Thomas Brown on an interim basis.
George joins Brown, Joe Brady, Pete Carroll, Brian Flores, Aaron Glenn, Ben Johnson, Mike Kafka, Mike McCarthy, Todd Monken, Drew Petzing, Ron Rivera, David Shaw, Arthur Smith, Adam Stenavich, Mike Vrabel and Anthony Weaver as candidates who spoke to the Bears about the head coaching job.
Vrabel has since been hired as head coach of the New England Patriots.