CHICAGO (AP) ― Mike DeBord was hired as the Chicago Bears' tight ends coach after spending the past two years as an assistant with the Seattle Seahawks.
The Bears are still looking for a quarterbacks coach and defensive coordinator after they went 7-9 and missed the playoffs for the third straight year, but coach Lovie Smith's staff is taking shape.
The addition of DeBord on Tuesday came one day after Mike Martz replaced the fired Ron Turner as offensive coordinator and just over two weeks after Mike Tice was hired as offensive line coach.
DeBord coached the Seahawks' tight ends last season after serving as their assistant offensive line coach in 2008. Before that, he spent 26 years in the college game, including 12 over two stints at Michigan from 1992 to 1999 and 2004 to 2007. In between, he was the head coach at Central Michigan.
DeBord also spent time at Fort Hays (1984-86), Eastern Illinois (1987-88), Ball State (1989), Colorado State (1990-91) and Northwestern (1992). In Chicago, he'll work with two solid tight ends in Greg Olsen and Desmond Clark.
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