Bears’ assistant offensive line coach Donovan Raiola is leaving Chicago to become the offensive line coach at the University of Nebraska, reports Michael David Smith of NBC Sports. Raiola’s midseason departure comes as no surprise as Matt Nagy sees his grasp on the head-coaching position in Chicago becoming more and more tenuous. Nagy stands as the longest-tenured head coach currently in the NFL without a win in the postseason.
Although Raiola played college football for the rival Wisconsin Badgers, he does have ties to Nebraska as his older brother, Donovan, won the Rimington Trophy for the best center in college football in 2000 as a Cornhusker.
Raiola is filling a vacancy on Scott Frost’s staff left by Greg Austin, who followed Frost from the University of Central Florida to Nebraska in 2017 and was let go in November as Frost decided to make major changes in an attempt to right the ship of a struggling Cornhuskers team. The Bears offensive line won’t be abandoned as Juan Castillo remains as the offensive line coach in Chicago.
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