One of the more embattled Washington Commanders assistant coaches in recent memory is getting a chance to reboot his career in the NFC North.
ESPN’s Courtney Cronin reported on February 1 that former Commanders offensive coordinator and 2-time Super Bowl champion Eric Bieniemy has been hired as the new running backs coach for the Chicago Bears.
Bieniemy was fired after 1 season with the Commanders in 2023.
“Bieniemy’s most recent NFL job was as the assistant head coach and offensive coordinator for the Washington Commanders in 2023,” Cronin wrote. “He previously won two Super Bowls with the Chiefs and spent the 2013 to 2022 seasons in Kansas City where he overlapped with Bears general manager Ryan Poles. Bieniemy also was the running backs coach for the Minnesota Vikings from 2006 to 2010. Bears president and CEO Kevin Warren was on staff in Minnesota at the time as the Vikings executive vice president of legal affairs and chief administrative officer.”
The Bears hired coveted Detroit Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson as their new head coach on January 21.
Rough Road For Bieniemy Since Leaving Chiefs
Bieniemy spent a decade as an assistant with the Kansas City Chiefs and was looked at by some as a head-coach-in-waiting as the team turned into the NFL’s crown jewel franchise in that time.
That never materialized because teams couldn’t get past the fact the genius behind the Chiefs’ offense came from quarterback Patrick Mahomes first, head coach Andy Reid second and Bieniemy a distant, distant third.
