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Bears Announce New Additions to Ben Johnson's Coaching Staff

Originally posted on Athlon Sports | By Jordan J. Wilson | Last updated Feb 21, 2025 1:00 PM ET

The Chicago Bears have been slowly putting together their new coaching staff for the 2025 NFL season since hiring Johnson as head coach on January 21.

They took the first step one week after hiring Johnson when they announced Declan Doyle (offense), Dennis Allen (defense) and Richard Hightower (special teams) would serve as his three coordinators in his first season at the helm.

Since then, reports have gradually leaked out about the Bears making other key assistant coach hirings without any official confirmation from the team.

On Thursday, though, the Bears formally set things in stone and announced the remaining additions to Johnson's inaugural coaching staff, finalizing his choice of coaches who will help him try to turn things around in Chicago in 2025.

Here are the key coaches mentioned in the announcement:

Assistant head coach/wide receivers coach: Antwaan Randle El

Pass game coordinator: Press Taylor

Quarterbacks coach: J.T. Barrett

Running backs coach: Eric Bieniemy

Tight ends coach: Jim Dray (retained from 2024)

Offensive line coach: Dan Roushar

Defensive line coach: Jeremy Garrett

Senior defensive assistant/defensive line coach: Bill Johnson

Linebackers coach: Richard Smith

Pass game coordinator/defensive backs coach: Al Harris

Assistant defensive backs/safeties coach: Matt Giordano

The Bears also replaced longtime head strength and conditioning coach Jim Arthur with his understudy, Pierre Ngo, for the upcoming season.

Arthur spent nearly a decade with the Bears as a strength coach from 2006 to 2015 before deciding to follow Adam Gase to the Miami Dolphins in 2016. He then returned to Chicago in 2022 as Matt Eberflus' head strength coach.

Arthur's replacement has banked plenty of experience with the Bears, though.

Ngo worked six years (2015-2020) as an assistant strength coach in Chicago before the Denver Broncos hired him away for the same position during the 2021 offseason. The Bears rehired him to the role in 2023 under Arthur.

Now, the strength and conditioning department is Ngo's show to run.

This article first appeared on Athlon Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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