LAKE FOREST, Ill. (670 The Score) — The Bears have hired longtime assistant coach Phil Snow as their senior defensive analyst, a role that head coach Matt Eberflus had been looking to fill since defensive coordinator Alan Williams abruptly resigned in September.
Snow will help the Bears with advance scouting each week at Halas Hall but won't have a role on the coaching staff on game day, Eberflus said. The 67-year-old Snow most recently served as the Panthers’ defensive coordinator from 2020-’22 before being dismissed along with head coach Matt Rhule last October. Snow has decades of coaching experience in college football and the NFL as an assistant coach.
Snow has never worked with Eberflus but was recommended by close friend and mentor Rod Marinelli.
“He’s a great person,” Eberflus said of Snow. “He’s very humble. He works well with others. He gives sound advice, and he’s done a good job where he’s been in terms of having good defenses.”
Eberflus has served as the Bears’ defensive coordinator since Williams’ departure from the team ahead of their game against the Buccaneers on Sept. 17.
The Bears (1-5) host the Raiders (3-3) on Sunday at Soldier Field.
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