Joe DeCamillis Joins Bears Staff As Assistant Head Coach, Special Teams Coach

The Chicago Bears replaced departed special teams coach Dave Toub on Wednesday with Joe DeCamillis of the Dallas Cowboys, Michael C. Wright of ESPN Chicago reports.

After speaking with new Bears coach Marc Trestman on Wednesday, DeCamillis and the team came to an agreement to be special teams coach and assistant head coach.

But DeCamillis first had to wait for the Dallas Cowboys to release him from his contract.

"I'm glad to have the opportunity to get there. I think it's obviously a great situation," DeCamillis said. "Dave (Toub) has already got the thing going; great tradition there. You've got awesome pieces to work with. So I'm excited to get there for sure."

Having spent the past four years with the Cowboys, DeCamillis interviewed for Chicago's vacant head-coaching position, but he wasn't among the finalists in an interview pool that included 13 candidates.

Source: The Redzone

 

Another good hiring by Trestman. What's he got left? OLine?

 

I think they said Kromer would likely be the O line coach.

 

Thank god. Thought we'd never get rid of him

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Any personal insight? Right now it all sunshine & flowers in a lot of articles...

 

I'm hearing that Steve Hoffman may be his replacement as Cowboys special teams coach.

Stay tuned.

 

His coverage units have been terrible. On top of that, some very good KR/PRs like Felix Jones and Dez Bryant have regressed significantly

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