The Chicago Bears have hired Ben Johnson as their new head coach, and now the attention has turned to Johnson building his coaching staff. Johnson preached the importance of surrounding himself with experienced coaches that he can lean on,

The Bears’ hiring of Ben Johnson as coach has received unanimous praise. Michael Reaves/ Share It was a week of living utopiously. In football utopia. In the City of Eden. Chicago’s introduction to Ben Johnson as the Bears’ savior-in-chief — a k a: head coach — seemed more coronation than filling the team’s latest coaching vacancy.

The Chicago Bears' poaching of the Detroit Lions coaching staff continued as Ben Johnson hired a former colleague as his assistant head coach.