Bears Offense: Gailey now a candidate?
Former Cowboys head coach coach Chan Gailey is a candidate for the Bears offensive coordinator job, according to the Chicago Sun-Times.
Gailey was fired by Todd Haley as the Chiefs’ offensive coordinator just two weeks before the 2009 season started, reportedly over preseason playcalling. He is an innovative, versatile offensive mind. Colts receivers coach Clyde Christensen and Chargers assistant head coach/tight ends Rob Chudzinski are also reportedly on the Bears’ list.

List of names for Bears’ O-coordinator job growing
Add Chan Gailey to the list of candidates to become the Bears’ offensive coordinator, meaning the team might add a third former NFL head coach to their staff.

Gailey, the former Dallas Cowboys and Georgia Tech head coach, was the offensive coordinator for the Kansas City Chiefs under Herm Edwards, who is close to Bears coach Lovie Smith, in 2008. He remained in that position when Todd Haley was hired to coach the Chiefs before last season but was relieved of his duties less than two weeks before the 2009 season opener.

Evidently, play-calling during the Chiefs’ first three losses of the preseason contributed to the split between Haley and Gailey.

ESPN reported that Indianapolis Colts receivers coach Clyde Christensen is also on the Bears’ radar. Smith also is expected to interview the San Diego Chargers’ Rob Chudzinski, who was the Cleveland Browns’ offensive coordinator for two seasons before returning to the Chargers as assistant head coach/tight ends before this season.

Meanwhile, former Bears quarterbacks coach Pep Hamilton is expected to interview to become Virginia’s quarterbacks coach.

The Bears already employ defensive line coach and former Detroit Lions head coach Rod Marinelli and offensive line coach and former Minnesota Vikings head coach Mike Tice.
DT Dvoracek arrested

Bears defensive tackle Dusty Dvoracek was arrested early Saturday in Norman, Okla., and charged with public intoxication, assault and battery and interfering with an official process, according to OKBlitz.com.

Dvoracek allegedly hit a security person after being asked to leave a restaurant/bar. He missed the entire season with a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee.

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